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Delousing the soul.(The Life of J.-K. Huysmans)(Book review)
According to Baudelaire, the devil's best trick was to convince us that he doesn't exist. But for Joris-Karl Huysmans, though he doubted the existence of God, belief in the devil was never a problem. For him the devil may not have been omnipresent, but he was certainly ubiquitous. Almost to his dying day, Huysmans shielded himself against the Prince of Darkness with amulets, votive statues, and talismans of all sorts. His bachelor apartment reeked with the fumes of holy tapers, left burning all night to discourage succubi and "ecclesiastical larvae" (presumably the ghosts of defrocked priests). Even garish ecclesiastical furnishings, all the vulgar paraphernalia of ...
- Smeets, Marc. Huysmans l'inchange: Histoire d'une conversion.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies Emery, Elizabeth September 22, 2004 700+ words
...his work, like his life, formed an indivisible...whole. Inspired by Huysmans's convictions about...and on details from Huysmans's life, Smeets shows how...constantly out of reach. Huysmans, like his characters...ever condemned to a life of unrequited wandering...
- The writings of J.-K. Huysmans and Gustave Moreau's painting: affinity or...
- Nineteenth-Century French Studies Grigorian, Natasha March 22, 2004 700+ words
...of this famous statement by J.-K. Huysmans (1848-1907) has helped to establish...Moreau (1826-1898) and the writings by Huysmans it has inspired. However, on closer...the novelist emerge--few know about Huysmans's comment on Moreau as early as 1883...
- Bonnet, Gilles. L'Ecriture comique de J.-K. Huysmans.(Book Review)
- Nineteenth-Century French Studies Ziegler, Robert September 22, 2004 700+ words
...Gilles. L'Ecriture comique de J.-K. Huysmans. Paris: Champion. 2003. Pp. 332...s L'Ecriture comique de J.-K. Huysmans surpasses by its richness the scope of...occasionally overwritten semiotic analysis of Huysmans's use of caricature, parody, pastiche...
- The Mirror of Divinity: The World and Creation in J.-K. Huysmans.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review King, Brendan January 1, 2006 700+ words
...The World and Creation in J.-K. Huysmans. By Robert Ziegler. Newark: University...device, recurs Throughout J.-K. Huysmans's work, surprisingly little has been...Ryu, 'Le miroir dans les romans de Huysmans', Bulletin de la Societe J.-K...
- Ziegler, Robert. The Mirror of Divinity: The World and Creation in J.-K....
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies Emery, Elizabeth September 22, 2005 700+ words
...Divinity: The World and Creation in J.-K. Huysmans. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2004. Pp. 385. ISBN O874138736 J.-K. Huysmans, nicknamed "K.-K. (Caca) Huysmans" by the press for creating characters plagued...
- Delineating decadence: the influence of J.-K. Huysmans on Arthur Symons.
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose Cevasco, G.A. March 22, 1996 700+ words
...Literature, which he tided "Huysmans the Symbolist." Today...of modern criticism; Huysmans' influence on its genesis...The life of Arthur Symons, author...received, one aspect of his life and work that has not...influence that J.-K. Huysmans exerted upon Arthur Symons...
- Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices, suivi de textes inedits.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies Smeets, Marc March 22, 2005 700+ words
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux epices...ISBN 2-7453-0869-6 Joris-Karl Huysmans is hot. Il suffit de consulter la bibliographie...numero du Bulletin de la Societe J.-K. Huysmans pour decouvrir le grand nombre de livres...
- The Breviary of the Decadence: J.-K. Huysmans's 'A Rebours' and English...
- Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies Cruise, Colin January 1, 2004 700+ words
...the Decadence: J.-K. Huysmans's 'A Rebours' and English...has made it part of his life's work to trace the continued importance of Huysmans's novel. In this book...texts that have addressed Huysmans and his major works. There...
