Parody & Decadence: Laforgue’s Moralités légendaires
Ohio State University Press. 8vo, lilac buckram cloth, silver titles, 275pp. First edition. Unpriced dust jacket with fading and rubbing to panels, crease and chip to top edge of front panel. Contents clean, binding sharp and firm. Critical study of the short story collection Moralites legendaires by the French Decadent and symbolist writer Jules Laforgue. The stories recycle dramatic and literary archetypes in a parodical style and classical concentration typical of the 1880s Decadent movement. From the personal library of Television frontman Tom Verlaine, songwriter, guitarist and book collector. A nice copy. Near Fine.
Price: $30.00
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