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The Beardsley drawings it superbly reproduces (mostly from a rare early portfolio) include not only the 10 full-page illustrations, the front and back cover designs, the title and List of Illustrations page decorations, and the \u003ci\u003ecul de lampe\u003c\/i\u003e from the original edition, but also three drawings that were not used, an alternate cover sketch, and the drawing entitled \"\u003ci\u003eJ'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan,\u003c\/i\u003e\" which Beardsley did earlier for \u003ci\u003eThe Studio\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Mann's handling of these concerns in this story of a middle-aged German writer, torn by his passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, resulted in a work of great psychological intensity and tragic power. 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Symbolist poets and writers — Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeterlinck among them — defended the play's literary brilliance. Beyond its notoriety, the drama's haunting poetic imagery, biblical cadences, and febrile atmosphere have earned it a reputation as a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement of \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e England.\u003cbr\u003eWritten originally in French in 1892, this sinister tale of a woman scorned and her vengeance was translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas. The play inspired some of Aubrey Beardsley's finest illustrations, and an abridged version served as the text for Strauss' renowned opera of the same name. This volume reprints the complete text of the first English edition, published in 1894, and also includes \"A Note on Salomé\" by Robert Ross, Wilde's lifelong friend and literary executor. 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