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Joris-Karl Huysmans by William Kotzwinkle

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Biography

Name: Joris Karl Huysmans
Birth Date: February 5, 1848
Death Date: May 12, 1907
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Joris Karl Huysmans
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The novelist Joris Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a leading French exponent of the decadent movement. His works, though intensely personal, present artistic and intellectual life in late-19th-century France. Charles Marie Georges Huysmans, who wrote...
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Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans
9,210 words, approx. 31 pages
The work of Joris-Karl Huysmans, novelist, essayist, and art critic, provides one of the clearest examples of the transformation of popular philosophy and literary art that took place near the turn of the century. He is one of those rare prose writers...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Joris-Karl Huysmans Information
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Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans; he is most famous for the novel À rebours. His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French...


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Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices, suivi de textes inedits.(Book Review)
03/22/2005: 609 words, approx. 2 pages
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices, suivi de textes inedits. Edition critique presentee, etablie et annotee par Patrice Locmant. Paris: Champion, 2003. Pp. 280. ISBN 2-7453-0869-6 Joris-Karl Huysmans is hot. Il suffit de consulter la bibliographie du dernier numero du Bulletin de...
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Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices, suivi de textes inedits.(Book review)
01/01/2007: 612 words, approx. 2 pages
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices, suivi de textes inedits. Edition critique presentee, etablie et annotee par Patrice Locmant. Paris: Librarie Honore Champion, 2003. Pp. 280. ISBN 2-7453-0869-6. Joris-Karl Huysmans is hot. Il suffit de consulter la bibliographie du dernier numero du...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Brian R. Banks
24,901 words, approx. 83 pages
In the following essay, Banks provides a survey of Huysmans's fiction written during his Naturalist, Decadent, and Catholic phases.
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Critical Essay by Annette Kahn
10,742 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Kahn examines the aesthetic and psychological principles underlying Huysmans's art criticism.
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Critical Essay by Christopher Lloyd
8,874 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Lloyd discusses Huysmans's works in the context of French literary trends of the late nineteenth century, particularly Naturalism and Decadence.
 


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