Fictions of British Decadence : High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-century Writing and Culture)

Fictions of British Decadence is a fresh account of the emergence, development and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel.