Decadent plays : 1890 to 1925 : Salome ; The race of leaves ; The orgy ; a dramatic poem ; Madame la Mort ; Lilith ; Ennoia : a triptych ; The black maskers ; La Gioconda ; Ardiane and the Barbe Bleue or, The useless deliverance ; Kerria Japonica ; The dove / edited by Adam Alston, Jane Desmarais.
Introduction / Adam Alston and Jane Desmarais -- Salome (1891) / Oscar Wilde -- The race of leaves (1901) / Michael Field -- The orgy : a dramatic poem (1913) / Lesya Ukrainka ; trans. Vera Rich -- Madame La Mort (1891) / Rachilde ; trans. Kiki Gounaridou and Frazer Lively -- Lilith (1892) / Remy de Gourmont ; trans. Dan Rebellato -- Ennoia : a triptych (1906) / Jean Lorrain ; trans. Jennifer Higgins -- The black maskers (1908) / Leonid Andreyev ; trans. Clarence L. Meader & Fred Newton Scott -- La Gioconda (1898) / Gabriele D'Annunzio / trans. Arthur Symons -- Ardiane and Barbe Bleue or The useless deliverance (1899) / Maurice Maeterlinck ; trans. Bernard Miall -- Kerria Japonica (1923) / Izumi Kyoka ; trans. M. Cody Poulton -- The dove (1923) / Djuna Barnes.
Summary:
"Decadent Plays is a selection of some of the most intriguing and challenging examples of Decadent drama, from the late 19th century; witty satire, political drama, transgressive social commentary, mystical meditation, which for many years were banned from being staged in public. International in scope and eclectic in content, this edited anthology is an authoritative and accessible introduction to the fast-expanding field of decadent literature"-- Provided by publisher.
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