Table of Contents Chapter 1: Walter Pater Chapter 2: The Import and Introduction of Continental Literature Chapter 3: A Panoramic View of the Literary World at the End of the Century Chapter 4: Characteristics of English Literature at the End of the Century Chapter 5: The Significance of Decadence Chapter 6: Oscar Wilde Chapter 7: Aubrey Beardsley Chapter 8: The English Poetry Scene at the End of the Century Online Reviews "I was hesitant because it's a large work spanning two volumes, but when I took the plunge and read it, I was surprisingly captivated by the pleasant tone, like listening to a storytelling performance. Since it was written around the Taisho era, the beautiful prose style, mainly based on Sino-Japanese vocabulary, appears throughout." ★ Yukio Mishima, Yoshimi Yura, Mario Praz, Hiroshi Takayama, Hiroshi Aramata