The new collection features 14 essays relevant to the Literary Decadence movement, including pieces on: Joris-Karl Huysmans, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Aloysius Bertrand, Théophile Gautier, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Émile Zola, Edmond de Goncourt, and Anatole France. Complete with bibliography and index.