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This document presents a preliminary study on the decadent literary movement in France around 1880. It briefly describes how decadence has been forgotten in literary histories due to factors such as its chronological situation between centuries. It also explains that symbolism became the representative poetics of the turn of the century while decadence was relegated. Finally, it summarizes some key characteristics of decadence, such as its emphasis on the decay and corruption of language and culture.
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