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Joris Karl Huysmans , 1848-1907, French novelist and art critic of Dutch family. He was at first a disciple of Zola; typical of his early, naturalistic novels is Marthe (1876). His later, somewhat autobiographical novels record a spiritual quest of a man named Durtal. À rebours (1884, tr. Against the Grain, 1922) expresses the mood of the decadents , Là-bas (1891) a fascination with Satanism, En route (1895) the simplicity of monastic retreat, and La Cathédrale (1898) the full acceptance of Roman Catholicism.

Bibliography: See biographies by H. R. Brandreth (1963) and G. R. Ridge (1968).

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Huysmans, Joris Karl (1848–1907), French Catholic novelist. He was a member of the French Ministry of the Interior, but his main claim to fame lay in his literary work, which reflected his interest in religious art, ritual, and mysticism.

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