{"product_id":"the-decadent-poets-audiobook","title":"The Decadent Poets (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Decadent Poets (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Sean Barrett, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe(Unabridged: 02:51mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Sarojini Naidu, W B Yeats, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Richard Le Gallienne, Renee Vivien, Lord Alfred Douglas \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDecadent poetry was a late 19th-century movement that seemingly originated with the first use of the word by Charles Baudelaire.  The movement championed the idea that art should exist for its aesthetic value, unburdened by moral or social obligations.  As a consequence, it challenged the strict moral codes of the Victorian era, often exploring themes associated with eroticism, forbidden desires, artificiality, the ravages of time, beauty, death, and decay which were often perceived as transgressive, even taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin its ranks are a who’s-who of unconventional and confrontational talent as well as perhaps its greatest exponent; Oscar Wilde, whose embracing of moral rebelliousness and unmasking of Victorian hypocrisy sums up the movement’s greatest achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435541069902,"sku":"AB-75929","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/TheDecadentPoets_78de762b-a982-4e00-b523-677ca98e7981.jpg?v=1785483182","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/the-decadent-poets-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}