The King in Yellow Decadent Tales of a Cursed Play, Bohemian Artists, Cosmic Horror, and Fin-de-Siècle Madness
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Erscheinungsdatum
23.11.2023
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Sharp InkSeitenzahl
140
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22,9/15,2/0,8 cm
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215 g
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Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3666-0
Robert W. Chambers's The King in Yellow (1895) is a landmark collection of weird fiction, best remembered for its linked early tales about a forbidden play whose second act deranges those who read it. Written in a poised, decadent style-at once urbane, lyrical, and insinuating-the book draws on fin-de-siècle anxieties, French Symbolism, Gothic suggestion, and the emerging literature of cosmic horror. Its haunted artists, doomed lovers, and fractured perceptions create a world where art becomes contagion and beauty shades into madness. Chambers was an American writer and illustrator, born in Brooklyn and trained as an artist in New York and Paris, including at the Académie Julian. His familiarity with bohemian studios, aesthetic circles, and transatlantic literary fashion deeply informs the collection's atmosphere. Though he later became famous for popular romances and adventure fiction, The King in Yellow preserves his most visionary engagement with decadence, artistic obsession, and psychological disintegration. This book is essential for readers interested in the origins of modern horror, especially admirers of Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. P. Lovecraft. It rewards those who value ambiguity, atmosphere, and literary unease over explicit explanation.
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Chambers' writing is quite riveting. The "King in Yellow" (existing as a book within this novel) is shrouded in mystery - though the first short story offers a sort of glimpse into the story of the book, the reader is left in the dark about its actual contents. What follows is an anthological collection of stories revolving around the poor souls who's minds have been touched or corrupted by "The King in Yellow". It's like walking through a mirror cabinet, you as the reader feel the decent into madness as well. Can highly recommend this quick but impactful read!
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