Mallarmé's children : symbolism and the renewal of experience / Richard Cándida Smith.
by
 
Cándida Smith, Richard.

ISBN
9780520922723
 
9780585335254

Title
Mallarmé's children : symbolism and the renewal of experience / Richard Cándida Smith.

Author
Cándida Smith, Richard.

Personal Author
Cándida Smith, Richard.

Publication Information
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 304 pages)

Contents
The Symbolist Moment. Stephane Mallarme before the Public. The Production of Symbolism. Apprentices and Washouts. Crises of Opportunity. Moving toward an "Industrial Art" -- Poetics and the Politics of "Experience" Symbolism, Pragmatism, and the Synthetic Self. Truth as Self-Representation. Poetry and the Translation of History into Truth -- Eros, Labor, Poetry. Self-Representation as Metaphysics. Representing Utopian Aspiration. American Syntheses -- From Symbol to Design, from Harmony to Elegance. The Order of Things Hidden. Vision and Language into the Gap. Working within the Dream.
 
pt. 1. The symbolist moment. Stephane Mallarme before the public. The production of symbolism. Apprentices and washouts. Crises of opportunity. Moving toward an "industrial art" -- pt. 2. Poetics and the politics of "experience" symbolism, pragmatism, and the synthetic self. Truth as self-representation. Poetry and the translation of history into truth -- pt. 3. Eros, labor, poetry. Self-representation as metaphysics. Representing utopian aspiration. American syntheses -- pt. 4. From symbol to design, from harmony to elegance. The order of things hidden. Vision and language into the gap. Working within the dream.

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Personal Subject
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898-Criticism and interpretation.
 
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898.

Subject Term
Symbolism (Literary movement)
 
Literature and society.
 
French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
 
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
 
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Geographic Term
France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Format
Electronic Resources

Electronic Access
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Publication Date
1999

Publication Information
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
809.915 211:E-BOOK11:ONLINEAvailable for online access and/or download