Description: "A selection of some of the most intriguing and challenging examples of decadent drama from the late 19th century: witty satire, political drama, transgressive social commentary, [and] mystical meditation, which for many years were banned from being staged in public. International in scope and eclectic in content, this edited anthology is an authoritative and accessible introduction to the fast-expanding field of decadent literature"--
Brief description: Adam Alston is Reader in Modern and Contemporary Theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is the co-editor of Decadent Plays, 1890-1930 (Bloomsbury, 2024), co-editor of a special issue of Volupté Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies on 'Decadence and Performance' (Winter 2021), and he runs the AHRC-funded Staging Decadence project. He has also published extensively on immersive theatre.
Review Quotes: "International in scope and eclectic in content, this edited anthology is an authoritative and accessible introduction to a fast-expanding field of decadent literature." --British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter