Selected Poetry and Prose

Selected Poetry and Prose

The essential work of MallarmÃ©, collected in a bilingual French and English edition.Â
Selected Poetry and ProseÂ of StÃ©phane MallarmÃ© presents what can be considered the essential work of the renowned â€œfather of the Symbolists.â€ MallarmÃ©â€™s major elegies, sonnets, and other verse, including excerpts from the dialogue â€œHÃ©riodiade,â€ are all assembled here with the French and English texts en face. Also included (not bilingually) are the visual poem â€œDice Thrown Never Will Annul Chanceâ€ and the drama â€œIgitur,â€ as well as letters, essays, and reviews. Although his primary concern was with poetry, the aesthetics of StÃ©phane MallarmÃ© (1842-98) has touched all the arts. During the last twenty years of his life, his Paris apartment was a major literary gathering place. Every Tuesday evening, standing beneath the portrait of himself by his friend Edouard Manet, the poet addressed reverent gatherings which included at various times Paul Valery and AndrÃ© Gide, among many others. The American painter James Whistler was influenced by these â€œMardis,â€ and one of the best-known poems in the present collection, â€œThe Afternoon of a Faun,â€ inspired Claude Debussyâ€™s famous musical composition. In translation, the subtle and varied shades of MallarmÃ©â€™s oeuvre may best be rendered by diverse hands. Editor Mary Ann Caws, the author of books on RenÃ© Char, Robert Desnos, and various aspects of modern French writing, has brought together the work of fourteen translators, spanning a century, from the Symbolists and the Bloomsbury group (George Moore and Roger Fry) to Cid Corman, Brian Coffey, and other contemporary poets and writers.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811208239
ReleaseDate 1982-04-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811208239

Country	USA
Brand	New Directions
Manufacturer	New Directions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780811208239
ReleaseDate	1982-04-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780811208239

Selected Poetry and Prose

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