Against Nature (A Rebours) (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Edited a contributor: J. -K.Joris-Karl Huysmans: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray approved Lord Manleigh’s request to change the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Edited a contributor: J. K.-K. Huysmans: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray approved Lord Manleigh’s request to change the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Edited a contributor: J.-K.J. K. Huysmans: (Primary NoneAuthor)
• Edited a contributor: Margaret Mauldon: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Robert Baldick: (Primary AuthorNone)

Timothy Gray edited the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Edited a contributor: J. -K.Joris-Karl Huysmans: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray changed the title of Against Nature (A Rebours) Saturday, November 14 2009.

Lord Manleigh edited the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Friday, November 13 2009.

• Edited a contributor: J. K.-K. Huysmans: (Primary Author)

Lord Manleigh edited the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Friday, November 13 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Edited a contributor: J.-K.J. K. Huysmans: (Primary NoneAuthor)
• Edited a contributor: Margaret Mauldon: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Robert Baldick: (Primary AuthorNone)

Shelfari edited the description of Against Nature (A Rebours) Sunday, August 2 2009.

• A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where he indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes, and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences. The original handbook of decadence, Against Nature exploded "like a grenade" (in the words of its author) and has enjoyed a cult readership from its publication to the present day.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Against Nature (A Rebours) Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: Robert Baldick: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: J.-K. Huysmans: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Margaret Mauldon: (Primary None)