The Book of Masks: French Symbolist & Decadent Writing of the 1890’s
“This anthology is the largest ever selection from the Decadent and Symbolist writers of the French fin-de-siècle, (chosen by) the foremost critic and author of the period: Remy de Gourmont. (The “masks” are remarkable portrait drawings by Felix Vallotton.)” Includes work by Gide, Mallarmé and Verlaine that had not previously appeared in English, as well as pieces by Rimbaud, de Montesquiou, Louÿs, and more. Volume Two of the Atlas Arkhive: Documents of the Avant-Garde, Atlas Press, London, 1994. Paperback; very fine condition. [I1]
