{"product_id":"incurable-the-haunted-writings-of-lionel-johnson-the-decadent-eras-dark-angel-9781907222627","title":"Incurable: The Haunted Writings of Lionel Johnson, the Decadent Era's Dark Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lionel P Johnson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWritings that shed new light on one of the most gifted, if reclusive, poets of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efin-de-siècle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lost poet of the decadent era, Lionel Johnson is the shadow man of the 1890s, an enigma “pale as wasted golden hair.” History has all but forgotten Johnson, except as a footnote to the lives of more celebrated characters like W. B. Yeats and Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohnson should have been one of the great poets of the age but was already drinking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eeau-de-cologne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for kicks while a teenager at Winchester College. His attraction to absinthe damaged his fragile health and cast him forever into a waking dream of haunted rooms and spectral poetry. A habitual insomniac, he haunted medieval burial grounds after dark, jotting down the epitaphs of the gone-too-young, as if anticipating his own early demise at the age of 35—falling from a bar stool in a Fleet Street pub.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was rumored that Johnson performed “strange religious rites” in his rooms at Oxford and experimented with hashish in the company of fellow poet Ernest Dowson. Moving to London, he fell in with Simeon Solomon, Oscar Wilde, and Aubrey Beardsley, and would contribute to the leading decadent publications of the day, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chameleon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Yellow Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Savoy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike a glimmering of a votive candle in one of Johnson's dream churches, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIncurable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sheds new light on one of the most gifted, if reclusive, poets of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efin-de-siècle. Containing a detailed biography, illustrations, rare and unusual material including previously unseen letters, poetry, and essays, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIncurable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pays tribute to this enchanting and eccentric poet while providing fresh insight into an era that continues to fascinate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268909260951,"sku":"9781907222627","price":2277.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781907222627.webp?v=1767916354","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/incurable-the-haunted-writings-of-lionel-johnson-the-decadent-eras-dark-angel-9781907222627","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}