SOURCE: "J. K. Huysmans," in J. K. Huysmans and the Fin-de-siécle Novel, Edinburgh University Press, 1990, pp. 1-18.
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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