Abstract
Our aim is to translate art-related essays by Joris-Karl Huysmans, a french critic and novelist who lived from 1848 to 1907. An anthology, plus critical introduction and commentaries, will be organized from Écrits sur l'art 1867-1905 (Essays on Art), an edition established by Patrice Locmant and published in 2006 by Bartillat. An assiduous habitué of 19th Century's high society salons sin…