Nietzsche's appropriation of the term décadence - and its related ones - in texts written between 1887 and 1888 can point out not only his interest on a typical lexicon from the literature and physiology of belle époque, but also the way this vocabulary allowed him, at the same time, to face his own time and establish new writing strategies. Starting from the decadentist horizon and its narrative procedures between 1871 and 1914, this paper intends to analyze the tensions involved in Nietzsche's inscription within the period that lap over from his last writings to his first reception.
Nietzsche; decadence; belle époque