Published in 1891, LA-BAS is Huysmans' best-selling novel; its success was due, in part, to its sensational contents (descriptions of Satanism in late 1880 France.) It is in this novel that Huysmans' character, Durtal, is introduced for the first time. This character is thought to be a semi-autobiographical depiction of the author and is used in his next three books which chart Durtal's (and Huysmans') search for religious truths and his ultimate conversion to Roman Catholicism. The journey begins with the viewing of an extremely realistic painting: "In Germany, before a Crucifixion by Matthaeus Grunewald, he had found what he was seeking."
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French novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans started his literary career with prose poems. His work is cited as extraordinarily expressive and profuse. His earlier works fall in the category of Naturalism but the later ones are symbols of the literary Decadence.
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Gilles de Rais, Middle Ages, Canon Docre, Holy Ghost, Notre Dame, Nicolas Flamel, Saint Sulpice, Gilles de Sillé, Monsieur Durtal, Saint Paul, Eustache Blanchet, Marshal de Rais, Saint John, Bishop of Nantes, Eliphas Levi, Holy Bible, Our Lord, Robin Guillaumet, Saint Anne, Saint Etienne de Mer Morte, Saint Matthew, The Cardinal New!
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Gilles de Rais, Middle Ages, Canon Docre, Holy Ghost, Notre Dame, Nicolas Flamel, Saint Sulpice, Gilles de Sillé, Monsieur Durtal, Saint Paul, Eustache Blanchet, Marshal de Rais, Saint John, Bishop of Nantes, Eliphas Levi, Holy Bible, Our Lord, Robin Guillaumet, Saint Anne, Saint Etienne de Mer Morte, Saint Matthew, The Cardinal New!
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