Mallarmé in Prose

Signos #2

by Stéphane Mallarmé, Mary Ann Caws (Editor)

Cultural Writing. This volume contains never-before-translated prose selections by the father of the Symbolist movement, one of the most influential cultural figures of 19th-century France. Mallarmé's letters to leading French intellectuals and artists of the time appear with his pieces on language and aesthetics, as he considers the state of contemporary French literature.

Genres: Poetry, France, French Literature, Literature

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 2001

About the author

Stéphane Mallarmé (French: [stefan malaʁme]; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such was the reputation, distinguished by genius.

[Blake Griggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful – as a translation, certainly. I am not sure what I will take from it beyond some quotes I copied. The longer form writings’ continuity (or meaning? (a sense without sense) would evaporate before a sentence would conclude, or for the next, start a different track into the same heart.