The Afternoon of a Faun

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The Afternoon of a Faun (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)

Critical Evaluation:

Stéphane Mallarmé’s L’Après-midi d’un faune is first and foremost poetry, but its origins link it to the theater. At the time of its composition, Mallarmé described it as a “heroic interlude,” a fragment of a dramatic presentation. In the same letter, however, he also refers to its lines as “verses,” and when the text was ready for publication, he submitted it for inclusion in the third collection of Le Parnasse contemporain in 1874. Rejected for inclusion in this volume, the poem finally appeared in its own limited edition...

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• Stéphane Mallarmé (Poetry)