#decadentmovement

The Decadent Movement celebrated art that was rich, sensual, and unapologetically detached from moral expectations. Rejecting realism and traditional values, writers embraced artificiality, aesthetic pleasure, and intellectual rebellion. Figures like Oscar Wilde turned literature into a form of exquisite defiance—where beauty itself became the ultimate truth.

Dive deeper into this fascinating literary shift and its lasting impact on modern thought: https://worldliterature24.blogspot.com/2026/03/decadent-movement.html

Paul Verlaine: “Muted” (En Sourdine) read by Count MoriVond

“En Sourdine,” or “Muted” as per this translation by C.F. MacIntyre from University of California Press, 1961. Written by French Decadent poet Paul Verlaine, first published in 1869. Music snippet from “Trip To Paris” by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek from the Fine Line Feature’s movie soundtrack for the 1995 film Total Eclipse, based on the life of Paul Verlaine and fellow French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

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