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Born in Middlesbrough, Tillyer has been fascinated by Huys- mans' novel since his student days at the Slade in the late s..

First published fifty years ago, Baldick's biography presents a narrative of Huysmans' life and work in all its various phases.

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Born in Middlesbrough, Tillyer has been fascinated by Huys- mans' novel since his student days at the Slade in the late s.

In Vezzoli's eyes, though, Huysmans's aesthetic biography is a lateral move into a zone of darker, and perhaps more delicious, perversion.

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Joris-Karl Huysmans

French writer

Date of Birth: 05.02.1848
Country: France

Content:

Early Life and Education
Literary Career
Break with Naturalism and Conversion to Catholicism
Later Works
Legacy

Early Life and Education

Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmanswas born on February 5, 1848, in Paris, France, to a Dutch father and a French mother.

He received a private education and developed a keen interest in literature.

Literary Career

Aesthete and Decadent

In 1876, Huysmans published his first novel, "Marthe," a story about a prostitute. He went on to write several other naturalistic novels, including "Les Soeurs Vatard" (1879) and "En Ménage" (1881).

However, it was his 1884 novel, "À Rebours," that brought him fame as the "catechism of decadence."

Break with Naturalism and Conversion to Catholicism

In the 1890s, Huysmans broke away from naturalism and explored religious themes in his writing.

In "En Route" (1895), he chronicled his own conversion to Catholic