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The Dedalus Book of Decadence (Moral Ruins)

Brian Stableford

First published 1990
Series The Dedalus Book of Decadence #1
Publisher Dedalus
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Gustave Moreau
Pages 283
Price £7.99
ISBN 0946626634

French stories and poems are translated by Stableford, except for 2 by Baudelaire translated by James Elroy Flecker. Swinburne's poem is misspelled as De Sanguine instead of Te Sanguine.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Mad Emperors: The Evolution of an Idea Brian Stableford Essay
12 Renegade Romantics: The Birth of Decadence Brian Stableford Essay
21 Genius and Madness: The Attractions of Decadence Brian Stableford Essay
31 Against Nature: Decadence à la Mode Brian Stableford Essay
43 Fin de Siècle: The Decadence of Decadence Brian Stableford Essay
51 The Yellow Nineties: Decadence in England Brian Stableford Essay
66 Influences: Decadence in Other Nations Brian Stableford Essay
79 Echoes: The Achievements of Decadence Brian Stableford Essay
84 To the Reader Charles Pierre Baudelaire Poem
86 The Glass of Blood Jean Lorrain Short Story
95 Languor Paul Verlaine Poem
96 The Grape-Gatherers of Sodom Rachilde Short Fiction
104 After the Deluge Arthur Rimbaud Poem
106 Danaette Remy de Gourmont Short Fiction
111 Litany to Satan Charles Pierre Baudelaire Poem
113 The Black Nightgown Catulle Mendès Short Fiction
121 The Double Room Charles Pierre Baudelaire Poem
124 The Possessed Jean Lorrain Short Story
130 Spleen Paul Verlaine Poem
131 The Faun Remy de Gourmont Short Story
136 The Drunken Boat Arthur Rimbaud Poem
140 The Panther Rachilde Short Fiction
147 Spleen Charles Pierre Baudelaire Poem
148 Old Furniture Catulle Mendès Short Fiction
154 Don Juan in Hell Charles Pierre Baudelaire Poem
155 Don Juan's Secret Remy de Gourmont Short Story
161 Theoretikos Oscar Wilde Poem
162 The Court of Venus Aubrey Beardsley Short Fiction
181 Satia De Sanguine Algernon Charles Swinburne Poem
184 The Dying of Francis Donne Ernest Dowson Short Story
196 Baudelaire Eugene Lee-Hamilton Poem
197 The Basilisk R. Murray Gilchrist Short Story
206 Magic Lionel Johnson Poem
209 The Other Side Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock Short Story
225 Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae Ernest Dowson Poem
226 A Somewhat Surprising Chapter John Davidson (1857-1909) Short Fiction
239 The Translator and the Children James Elroy Flecker Poem
240 Pope Jacynth Vernon Lee Short Story
249 Insomnia John Davidson (1857-1909) Poem
250 The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde Short Story
258 Vinum Daemonum Lionel Johnson Poem
259 Absinthia Taetra Ernest Dowson Poem
260 The Ring of Faustus Eugene Lee-Hamilton Poem
261 The Last Generation James Elroy Flecker Novelette

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Dedalus Book of Decadence (Moral Ruins) Cover 1993 Dedalus Trade Paperback Anthology Gustave Moreau 283