In three of his contemporary novels, Le Roi vierge (1881), Zo’har (1886), and Méphistophéla (1890), Catulle Mendès explores fin-de-siècle society, constructing a chaotic and funereal masquerade in which his characters abandon themselves to the “frenzy of desire” and to acts of transgression.
ISBN:978-2-406-09311-4
ISSN: 2103-4877
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09313-8
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
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Keyword: Transgression, érotisme, virginité, scandale, succès
