The Poetry of Mallarmé (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stéphane Mallarmé
- First Published: 1876
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Literature, Poetry or poets
Critical Evaluation:
Because of the highly individual qualities of his writing and in spite of his tremendous impact on modern poetry, Stéphane Mallarmé has never been a popular figure known to the general reader. It is difficult, however, to overestimate his importance as an innovator and as an influence on other poets.
Certainly the most striking characteristic of Mallarmé’s poems is their obscurity. The reader meets in them a subjective formation of imagery and a warping of the normal patterns of syntax and grammar that has puzzled, at times even infuriated,...
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