Huysmans', Against Nature, is a novel written in decadent aesthetics, inspired by many other decadent writers, such as Baudelaire. Huysmans developed a character called Des Esseintes, which has a systemic neurotic character that reflects living alone in his heritage house. "Nature" is written with a beautiful descriptive environment. The beginning of the book expresses his surroundings from top to bottom; for example, Huysmans leads the reader through the sensory and pleasant journey of the Des Esseintes home. This scene involves all his decorative schemes and begins to tell the reader the most precious literature of his large library; Baudelaire, Edgar Allen Poe, Dickens, Petronius and many more. Huysmans has explained Des Esseintes' extensive knowledge of literary, artistic and trade interests, such as perfume making. His thoughts are always contradictory; for example, he considers the importance of Christianity and paganism. Throughout the book, his understanding of many contradictory ideas is unfamiliar, which mainly leads to his studies with the Jesuit pastor. Although he suffers from neurological diseases, he gets rid of the disease by reading literature and talking to his imagination rather than real people.
Des Esseintes is a very melancholy man, but his mental desires are barely alive during his illness. An example of a short desire is his longing for the tortoise; because of his eccentric imagination, his tortoise shell is covered with his gemstones, and he likes the contrast between animals and gold floors. Of course, the tortoise died of aggravated shells and lack of nutrition, but he did not show any emotions about death, because the tortoise had grown older. Like most decadent writers, the role of Des Esseintes is very narcissistic.
His house is full of expensive literature, fake flowers and art. Des Esseintes is particularly good for Gustav Moro's religious paintings, and he imagines that the beauty of Salome is moving with other characters in the painting. Salome seems to threaten him, he is always more opposed to the threat of art and literature. Huysmans also mentioned Artwork of Des Esseintes, called "Religious Persecution", "These photos, complete abominable imagination, charred flesh, full of blood, full of horror and cursing screams that make his skin Crawling, let him be sent to the scene, unable to breathe when he enters the red room." [Huysman, JK, 1884]
As mentioned earlier, Des Esseintes has many short-lived desires that he will soon realize; then he begins to get tired of the demands of new things. In his boring lifestyle, he remembered the old memories of Paris; one about a little boy who tried to shape the murder. When he lived in the society of Paris, he met a little boy, Auguste, who called it "Little Judas." He introduced Auguste to a night of drunkenness and sex, and he hoped to blame the boys for their sexual frustration. Des Esseintes checked the newspaper for months and waited to see the boy murdering some unnecessary people on the street. He was disappointed that his plan didn't work.
Another memory is his ex-wife; Urania is a verbal expressive, full of his sexual desire for adultery, and she uses her many voices as a fantasy husband ready to knock on the door. When he tried the fragrance and made the perfume, he imagined a mistress, "...excited to a particular fragrance...a woman who likes to let her nipples soak in the perfume [Huysmans, JK, 1884] When Des Esseintes tested the fragrance, he passed out and began the reality and intensity of his neurological disease.
When he continued to be in a fantastic state, probably because of the early stages of death, he took a imaginary trip to London. The trip was full of diet, conversation, drinking and observation. Huysmans wrote this fictional trip, describing more content than a real holiday. Des Esseintes said: "At the risk of failure, risking failure, these unforgivable impressions, I will be crazy," Huysmans explained, his imaginary travel is more valuable than actual travel; he actually feels The exhaustion of a spiritual holiday, as if he came from a real holiday.
Des Esseintes began to get bored with his literature, art and family. He explained his book collection as if he supported his intelligence when he weakened. He repeatedly mentioned Baudelaire, he said, "[Podler's work] ... forever reaching the soul zone of human thoughts and nightmares." At the end of the book, he realized that he You can take laudanum, opiates or marijuana for a long time to enhance his imagination, because his body will reject anything he ingests. At the point where Des Esseintes was ill, Huysmans explained Des Esseintes' own image, a malnourished person. He called on the doctor to prescribe certain nutrients for him. He was very excited. "...eliminated boring, vulgar eating habits." [Huysmans, JK, 1848] The doctor ordered him to return to Paris and Society, not being restricted to his home in Fontenay. Des Esseintes concluded that he should reconcile with Catholicism and his move to Paris, and he explained that he should give up the art of comparing all religious scepticism so that his thoughts would calm down.
In general, he uses his imagination to satisfy his needs for happiness and adventure. It saw him move to Fontenay for self-reflection, but in his spiritual life, he began a nervous illness. The reflection on his memory made him involved in the comparison with the knowledge gained in life; from his beginning with the Jesuit pastor to his adulthood in modern Parisian society. Des Esseintes is an artist who criticizes art, literature and social class. Compared with the realistic scientific concept, he is a master of religious teachings. As he struggled to gather his knowledge into the truth, he died almost because he ignored his basic need for survival.
Orignal From: Joris-Karl Huysmans: Against Nature - Literary Review
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