FTP, name this French author of the decadent novels La-bas and A rebours, or Against Nature.
In his art criticism, published in L'Art moderne and Certains, he moves from a celebration of technological art back to the mysticism and terror of Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau. He evokes his later devotion to the Virgin Mary and the edifice at Chartres in La Cathedrale, but it is for novels that he is best known. He began with works like En Menage and Marthe, attempting to copy the style of Zola, but adopted a different genre in his two premiere novels, one of which features the aristocrat Das Esseintes. FTP, name this French author of the decadent novels La-bas and A rebours, or Against Nature.
In his art criticism, published in L'Art moderne and Certains, he moves from a celebration of technological art back to the mysticism and terror of Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau.
Joris-Karl {Huysmans}