{"product_id":"wormwood-a-drama-of-paris-9781551114194","title":"Wormwood: A Drama of Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough disparaged by literary critics of her day, Marie Corelli was one of the most popular novelists of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e (1890) is a lurid tale of unrequited love, betrayal, vengeance, murder, suicide, and addiction. The novel recounts the degeneration of Gaston Beauvais, a promising young Parisian man who, betrayed by his fiancée and his best friend, falls prey to the seductive powers of absinthe. The impact of Gaston's debauchery and addiction on himself, his family, and his friends is graphically recounted in this important contribution to the literature of \u003cem\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/em\u003e decadence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a generous selection of contextualizing documents, including excerpts from Corelli's writings on art and literature, nineteenth-century degeneration theories, and clinical and artistic views on absinthe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie Corelli's novels are breathtakingly inventive, often defiant interjections in the late-Victorian literary scene, one-of-a-kind mixtures of romance, decadence, aestheticism, naturalism, and the New Woman fiction. This Broadview edition of \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e, Corelli's attack on Paris absintheurs, provides an able introduction to the author's life, helpful glosses on Corelli's creative use of many French words and phrases, and extensive background on bohemian Paris, British francophobia, and contemporary controversies surrounding naturalism and degeneration theory. The appendices contextualize the novel's fascination with addiction and art, passion and pathology. This edition is the most thorough and responsible treatment of Corelli's work to date.\" - Annette R. Federico, James Madison University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition makes \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e, arguably Marie Corelli's most controversial novel, available once again. Kirsten MacLeod's astutely selected appendicesincluding materials about degeneration theory and naturalism, translations of cited French poems and songs, contemporary reviews, and epistolary extracts conveying Corelli's aesthetic philosophyserve well to culturally contextualize this work, making this edition the obvious choice. - Carol Margaret Davison, University of Windsor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMarie Corelli: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003eCorelli’s Introductory Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWormwood: A Drama of Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Translations of French Poems and Songs in \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharles Cros, “L’Archet” (1873)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnonymous, “Le Pauvre Clerc”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Letters from Corelli to George Bentley about \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Reviews of \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Athenaeum\u003c\/em\u003e (15 November 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003ePall Mall Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e (27 November 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Graphic\u003c\/em\u003e (29 November 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Academy\u003c\/em\u003e (29 November 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eKensington Society\u003c\/em\u003e, qtd. in \u003cem\u003eAcademy\u003c\/em\u003e (13 December 1890)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eLiterary World\u003c\/em\u003e (17 January 1891)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e (23 January 1891)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e (28 February 1891)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eCounty Gentlewoman\u003c\/em\u003e, qtd. in \u003cem\u003eAcademy\u003c\/em\u003e(11 July 1891)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Kent Carr, \u003cem\u003eMiss Marie Corelli\u003c\/em\u003e (1901)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Corelli on Literature and Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter to George Bentley, 11 March 1877\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter to George Bentley, 6 April 1877\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom “‘Imaginary Love’” (1905)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom “The ‘Strong’ Book of the Ishbosheth” (1905)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: British Views of Naturalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom W.S. Lilly, “The New Naturalism” (1885)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom H. Rider Haggard, “About Fiction” (1887)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the National Vigilance Association, \u003cem\u003ePernicious Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (1889)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Nineteenth-Century Degeneration Theories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom E. Ray Lankester, \u003cem\u003eDegeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism\u003c\/em\u003e (1880)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Gina Lombroso-Ferrero, \u003cem\u003eCriminal Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1911)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix G: Clinical and Artistic Views of Absinthe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFindings of Dr. Legrand, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e (4 May 1869)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e (12 December 1880)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharles Cros, “Lendemain” (1873)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArthur Symons, “The Absinthe-Drinker” (1892)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErnest Dowson, “Absinthia Taetra” (1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041304379735,"sku":"9781551114194","price":25.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551114194.jpg?v=1750949739","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wormwood-a-drama-of-paris-9781551114194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}