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Decadent
The Decadent movement in literature was a short-lived but influential style during the latter half of the 19th century. It is most associated with French literature, and Charles Baudelaire was perhaps the foremost figure of the Decadent movement. Decadent writers used elaborate, stylized language to discuss taboo and often unsavory topics, such as death, depression, and deviant sexualities.
The Decadent movement was born from the Romantic work of poets like Wordsworth. The word Decadent arose in the literary world as a disparaging assessment from critics. As an adjective, with a lowercase d, d ...more
The Decadent movement was born from the Romantic work of poets like Wordsworth. The word Decadent arose in the literary world as a disparaging assessment from critics. As an adjective, with a lowercase d, d ...more
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The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer
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― Lorenzaccio
― Lorenzaccio
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They took the elevator up to the eighth floor. Charbonnel et Walker Chocolate Café was tucked between Ladies' Shoes and the Home and Gifts Department. Bathed in pale pink paint and lit by crystal chandeliers, the enchanted corner was dominated by a counter featuring a conveyor belt that transported plates of croissants, brownies, scones, muffins, and every imaginable truffle under glass domes. Dark and milk chocolate, strawberry, lemon, pink champagne, mint, cappuccino, and buzz fizz with its di
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― To Have and to Kill
― To Have and to Kill
