“The conventional use of words and of narrative structure is deliberately subverted in decadent fiction; language deviates from the established norms in an attempt to reproduce pathology on a textual level. With its emphasis on aberration and artifice, the decadents'… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondences', rather than to realistically depict the… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The photograph, then, becomes a representation of a representation of a disease that represents. In other words, in order to produce the most perfect… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“By living a life “against nature,” the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction.” — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The conventional use of words and of narrative structure is deliberately subverted in decadent fiction; language deviates from the established norms in an attempt… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Adornment, exoticism, affectation are all willed decadent strategies meant to pervert the texts they made. Decadent texts often live in their descriptive excursions, in… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“In the end, this volume should be read a s a collection of love stories, Above all, they are tales of love, not the… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“The New or Future Eve is emptied of all inner life and turned into a shell. The bitter irony in this is that her… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
