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Decadence and Catholicism

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The decadents-including Wilde, Baudelaire, Huysmans, Pater, and Verlaine-found in the Catholic Church a peculiar language that gave them a means of artistic and sexual expression. Hanson shows how Catholicism offered both the hysterical symptom and the last hope for paganism amid the dullness of Victorian puritanism and bourgeois materialism.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674194465
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 448
  • Published:
  • January 31, 1998
  • Dimensions:
  • 233x156x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 656 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 6, 2025

Description of Decadence and Catholicism

The decadents-including Wilde, Baudelaire, Huysmans, Pater, and Verlaine-found in the Catholic Church a peculiar language that gave them a means of artistic and sexual expression. Hanson shows how Catholicism offered both the hysterical symptom and the last hope for paganism amid the dullness of Victorian puritanism and bourgeois materialism.

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