Decadents. Molodyakov V.

The new book of the famous historian and collector Vasily Molodyakov represents the decadence as a cultural phenomenon of a global scale in portraits of his characteristic figures.

The life story of the great decadents of the three French (Charles Bodler, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbao) and three Russians (Konstantin Balmont, Valery Bryusov, Fedor Sologub) is well known (all of them are presented in the series "Life of wonderful people" ), therefore, the French are shown primarily through their perception in Russia, Russians through their perception of French decadence.

The Gallery is complemented by Alexander Dobrolyubov The most consistent of the Russian decadents and Alexander Emelyanov-Kokhansky example of commercialization of literary fashion through the scandal. The British decadence is not represented by a replicated Oscar Wilde, but less famous in Russia, but a more talented poet Aldernon Swinbern, German aesthet and author of “horror” Hans Everse, American only and unique George Virek.