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• 1 • The Philosophy of Decadence • (1992) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 31 • "An Invitation to the Voyage" • (1992) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of L'invitation au voyage 1857) [as by Charles P. Baudelaire]
• 34 • The Disciple • [Poems in Prose] • (1893) • short story by Oscar Wilde
• 35 • Des Esseintes' Dream (excerpt) • (1884) • short fiction by Joris-Karl Huysmans
• 48 • Faustine • (1866) • poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• 55 • Verses from The Songs of Maldoror (excerpt) • [Maldoror excerpts] • (1868) • short fiction by Comte de Lautréamont
• 68 • Viol D'Amour • (1894) • short story by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock
• 77 • Péhor • short story by Remy de Gourmont (trans. of Péhor 1894)
• 87 • Roxana Runs Lunatick • (1894) • short story by R. Murray Gilchrist
• 91 • Passages from A Season in Hell • (1992) • poem by Arthur Rimbaud
• 107 • The Virgin of the Seven Daggers • (1889) • novelette by Vernon Lee
• 140 • The Future Phenomenon • short story by
  Stéphane Mallarmé^?Stephane Mallarme
  (trans. of Le phénomène futur 1876)
• 142 • The Teacher of Wisdom • [Poems in Prose] • (1894) • short story by Oscar Wilde
• 148 • Funeral Oration • (1992) • short story by Jean Lorrain (trans. of Oraison funèbre 1891)
• 157 • Amor Profanus • (1896) • poem by Ernest Dowson
• 158 • The Portals of Opium • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of Les portes de l'opium 1891)
• 165 • The Sphinx • (1894) • poem by Oscar Wilde
• 178 • Saint Satyr • (1903) • short story by Anatole France (trans. of Saint Satyre 1895)
• 201 • Don Juan Declaims • (1911) • poem by James Elroy Flecker
• 204 • Occult Memories • (1883) • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Souvenirs occultes 1867)
• 210 • The Testament of a Vivisector • (1901) • poem by John Davidson (1857 - 1909)
• 218 • Crowd Scene • (1992) • short story by Octave Mirbeau (trans. of Paysage de foule 1900)
• 225 • Berenice • (1850) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Berenice—A Tale 1835)
• 236 • The Cord • (1992) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of La corde 1864) [as by Charles P. Baudelaire]
• 241 • Witch In-Grain • (1893) • short story by R. Murray Gilchrist
• 245 • Autumnal Lament • (1992) • short story by
  Stéphane Mallarmé^?Stephane Mallarme
  (trans. of Plainte d'automne 1876)
• 247 • Duke Virgil • (1888) • short story by Richard Garnett
• 257 • The Shutter • short story by Pierre Louÿs (trans. of Le persienne 1903)
• 263 • The Doer of Good • [Poems in Prose] • (1894) • poem by Oscar Wilde
• 265 • The Vanquished Shadow • short story by
  Catulle Mendès^?Catulle Mendes
  (trans. of L'ombre vaincue 1886)
• 271 • The Outcast Spirit • (1891) • short story by Lady Dilke (variant of An Outcast Spirit)
• 278 • To Each His Chimera • (1992) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Chacun sa chimère 1869) [as by Charles P. Baudelaire]
• 280 • The Visit • (1992) • short fiction by Ernest Dowson
• 282 • Beatrice • (1891) • short story by Marcel Schwob (trans. of Béatrice 1890)
• 288 • Narcissus • (1907) • poem by James Elroy Flecker
• 290 • A Heroic Death • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Une mort héroïque 1869) [as by Charles P. Baudelaire]
• 296 • An Original Revenge • (1897) • short story by W. C. Morrow
• 303 • A Posthumous Protest • (1992) • short story by Jean Lorrain (trans. of Réclamation posthume 1895)
• 311 • The Conqueror Worm • (1843) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• 313 • The Temptations: Eros, Plutus and Fame • (1992) • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Les tentations, ou Éros, Plutus et la Gloire 1869) [as by Charles P. Baudelaire]
• 317 • A Wine of Wizardry • (1907) • poem by George Sterling
• 324 • Notes on the Contributors (The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast) • (1992) • essay by uncredited