Attending to the subject of Camp with as alabaster reverence as a Sontag essay, then following up on all its associated literature, a gesture itself steeped in campiness.
Christopher Isherwood's - The World in the Evening (Excerpt on Camp)
Oscar Wilde - Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Beerbohm, Max, Sir - Zuleika Dobson
. . . an example . . .
The Brown Derby Restaraunt
Oscar Wilde - Salome
John Ford - 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore
Certain Turn-of-the-Century Postcards. Source 1: NYPL Digital Library. Source 2: Lu Lu's Vintage.
the old Flash Gordon comics
women's clothes of the twenties (feather boas, fringed and beaded dresses, etc.)
the novels of Ronald Firbank and Ivy Compton-Burnett
stag movies seen without lust
(as well, a great many rare and vintage stage movies can be seen here.)
Louis Feuillade (here Les Vampires)
Paris Métro entrances designed by Hector Guimard
Oscar Wilde -The Decay of Lying
The Operas of Richard Strauss.
42nd Street
Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat
Gaudi's buildings
Quotes from Charles de Gaulle
The Prodigal
The H-man
The Triumph of Maciste . . . .
Excruciations . . . .
James, Henrey - The Wings of the Dove
Shaw, Bernard - Major Barbara
Oscar Wilde - Lady Windemere's Fan
Oscar Wilde - A Woman of No Importance
Paul Valery - Monsieur Teste
Walter Pater - Marius the Epicurean
Huysmans' - À Rebours
from the 1931 Illustrated Editions issue of A Rebours.
Frontispiece-Gay Paris
The Serpents
"He had tasted the sweets of the flesh with the appetite of a sick man"
"It had not been able to support the dazzling splendour imposed on it..."
"He possessed in accordance with this taste a marvellous collection of tropical plants"
"Come and have a drink"
The Image of the Pox
"It was Miss Urania, one of the most famous of the acrobats at the Cirque."
"Never had he experienced a more alluring relationship"
Stolen Kisses
"He returned to Fontenay, feeling all the physical exhaustion of a man restored to the domestic hearth..."
"When all was said and done, the future was the same for all"
Pagan Idyll
"He was alarmed at the doctor's silence"
"The physician, who was imbued with all the prejudices of a man of the world, only smiled..."
from the 1931 Illustrated Editions issue of A Rebours.
(this article is still, and perhaps forever, in progress, I am trying to find the best material possible, preferably at first hand, preferable legible to read on most monitors, to support references. If you know of better, please let me know)
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