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A volume in the Haney Foundation Series, established in 1961 with the generous support of Dr. John Louis Haney. Copyright © 2013 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Potolsky, Matthew. The decadent republic of letters : taste, politics, and cosmopolitan community from Baudelaire to Beardsley / Matthew Potolsky. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Haney Foundation series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4449-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Decadence (Literary movement)—England. 2. Decadence (Literary movement)—France. 3. English literature—19th century—History and criticism. 4. French literature—19th century—History and criticism. 5. Literature and society—England—History—19th century. 6. Literature and society—France— History—19th century. I. Title. II. Series: Haney Foundation series. PN56.D45P67 2013 809'.034—dc23 2012014203 ...

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