Studies the works of representative authors from later nineteenth-century American prose and poetry to show that this era was predominantly symbolistic in form, style and mood

Product Description: Poetry. Prose. DECADENTS, SYMBOLISTS, & AESTHETES IN AMERICA brings together works by various late nineteenth and early twentieth century American and Canadian poets: Conrad Aiken, Walter Conrad Arensberg, Ambrose Bierce, Gelett Burgess, Bliss Carman, Madison Cawein, Stephen Crane, Gertrude Hall, Richard Hovey, James Huneker, Ludwig Lewisohn, Stuart Merrill, Edgar Saltus, and Vance Thompson to give a fuller sense of literary life and values in fin-de-siecle America...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Studies the works of representative authors from later nineteenth-century American prose and poetry to show that this era was predominantly symbolistic in form, style and mood