Dec 26, 2009

The Afternoon of a Faun | The Afternoon of a Faun

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Author: Stéphane Mallarmé
First Published: 1876
Type of Work: Poetry
Type of Plot: Fable
Time of Work: Indeterminate
Setting: Indeterminate
Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Edible plants, Grapes, Erotica, Fables

Characters Discussed

The Faun, the hero and narrator. The faun of mythological antiquity, half man and half goat, was associated with bucolic settings and lascivious sexual appetites, so the Faun of this work is imagined to be a creature of considerable sensual indulgence. His sexuality links him to fundamental human desire, but his intellectual probing reflects the continuing human preoccupation with self-definition. In this way, he seems remote from his animal half. Through both his aesthetic and his physical preoccupations, the Faun presents himself as essentially a romantic...

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The Afternoon of a Faun | The Afternoon of a Faun

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