Symbolism

Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil, 1857) by Charles Baudelaire. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stock tropes and images. The aesthetic was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine during the 1860s and '70s. In the 1880s, the aesthetic was articulated by a series of manifestos and attracted a g ...more

Man and His Symbols
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images
Les Fleurs du Mal
The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis
Lord of the Flies
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Scarlet Letter
Petersburg
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
Bruges-La-Morte
Symbols of Sacred Science
The Great Gatsby
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The Book of Jade by David Park BarnitzThe New Decameron by Jan PotockiThe City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems by James  ThomsonSmarra & Trilby by Charles NodierSolitude, Vanity, Night by Kirsten Lodge
Symbo-Gothicomantic
135 books — 9 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi HwangThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Fable style wisdom novels
19 books — 11 voters

Too Hot To Handle by Susan ArdenThe Vampire’s Consigliere by Linda  Phillips
2016 Dark Western Suspense
2 books — 2 voters
The Night of the Gods by John          O'NeillThe Vigilant Citizen Articles Compilation by Vigilant CitizenHall's Iconografisch Handboek  by James  HallTonya Harding Shot JFK by Robert UrbanekJoodse riten en symbolen by S.Ph. de Vries
"Symbolic" Poultry Expedition
104 books — 3 voters

Mallarmé in Prose by Stéphane MallarméSelected Poems by Stéphane MallarméUnlocking Mallarmé by Graham RobbMallarmé by Rosemary LloydPoésies by Stéphane Mallarmé
Mallarme
14 books — 3 voters
A Blake Dictionary by S. Foster DamonThe Wild Man by Timothy B. HusbandLost Paradise by Jean ClairThe First Signs by Genevieve von PetzingerJüdische Riten und Symbole by S.Ph. de Vries
Cymbalic Paradiddling
126 books — 3 voters

C. JoyBell C.
“ My very first necklace, from my grandmother, had a swan pendant. Now, as an adult, I do still wear a swan pendant and it's my favourite one. I have been on dates wearing it and always get the same comment: "Did you know that swans may look graceful and elegant but they can break your arms with their wings?" They always say it like it's a bad thing. I think it's one of the most fantastic things in nature! ...more ”
― C. JoyBell C.

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