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02599aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 434276D245E811E3A4FDE4CADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131105010132 008 130604s2013 enk 000 j eng d 020 $a 0199569274 020 $a 9780199569274 035 $a (OCoLC)846662785 040 $a VVS $b eng $c VVS $d VVS $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d NLE $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCO $d TXX $d GZM $d UNITY $d GK8 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 050 4 $a PQ1276.D34 $b R66 2013 082 04 $a 843.010807 $2 23 245 00 $a French decadent tales / $c translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen Romer. 260 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a l, 231 pages ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford world's classics 505 00 $t A case without precedent / $r Pierre LouyÌs. $t The presentiment ; $t The desire to be a man ; $t Sentimentalism / $r Villiers De L'Isle-Adam -- $t What the shadow demands / $r Catulle MendeÌs -- $t A dentist terribly punished ; $t The last bake ; $t The lucky sixpence / $r LeÌon Bloy -- $t On a cure ; $t The bath ; $t The first emotion ; $t The little summer-house / $r Octave Mirbeau -- $t Constant Guignard ; $t DeshoulieÌres ; $t Pft! Pft! / $r Jean Richepin -- $t At the death-bed ; $t A walk ; $t The tresses ; $t Night / $r Guy De Maupassant -- $t The statue / $r Gustave Geffroy -- $t An unsolved crime ; $t The student's tale ; $t The man with the bracelet ; $t The man who loved consumptives / $r Jean Lorrain -- $t The time / $r Georges Rodenbach -- $t Danaette ; $t The faun ; $t Don Juan's secret ; $t On the threshold / $r Remy De Gourmont -- $t Perseus and Andromeda / $r Jules Laforgue -- $t The brothel ; $t The sans-gueule ; $t 52 and 53 Orfila ; $t Lucretius, poet ; $t Paolo Uccello, painter / $r Marcel Schwob -- $t A case without precedent / $r Pierre LouyÌs. 520 $a "This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world"--back cover. 650 0 $a Short stories, French $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a French fiction $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Decadence (Literary movement) $z France. 651 0 $a Paris (France) $x Social life and customs $y 19th century $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Romer, Stephen, $d 1957- 830 0 $a Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106042451.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826082909.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=434276D245E811E3A4FDE4CADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search