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February 05, 1848. Died. May 12, 1907. Genre. Literature & Fiction, Classics, Naturalism. edit data. Charles Marie Georges Huysmans was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. AKA: J.-K. Huysmans. He is most famous for the novel À rebours (Against Nature).
Against the Grain, novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans, published in French as À rebours in 1884. It was also translated into English as Against Nature. In both its style and its subject, the work epitomizes the decadence of late 19th-century French elite culture. The protagonist, Des Esseintes, exhibits.
Nov 12, 2015 · November 12, 2015. More than a century after his death, Joris-Karl Huysmans, best known for his novel “À Rebours,” has found a modern soul mate in the form of another French novelist, Michel...
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (February 5, 1848 – May 12, 1907) was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans; he is most famous for the novel À rebours. His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical ...
The aim of this web site is to provide up-to-date and reliable information about the life and work of the French novelist, Joris-Karl Huysmans. The site is primarily a reference tool, comprising almost the whole of Huysmans’ published writings, numerous pieces of contemporary criticism, book reviews, journalistic profiles and detailed ...
History. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Huysmans, Joris-Karl. views 2,957,106 updated. HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL (1848–1907), French fin-de-siècle novelist and art critic. Joris-Karl (Charles-Marie-Georges) Huysmans was the son of a Dutch painter and a French musician.
1874. Publishes his first collection of poems in prose, Le Drageoir à épices, at his own expense, under the name by which he is now known, Joris-Karl Huysmans. The following year the book was republished under the title Le Drageoir aux épices. 1876.
