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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459235203321

Autore

Peyre Henri <1901-1988.>

Titolo

What is symbolism? [[electronic resource] /] / Henri Peyre ; translated by Emmett Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University, : University of Alabama Press, c1980

ISBN

0-8173-8486-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

841.8

841.80915

Soggetti

French poetry - 19th century - History and criticism

Symbolism in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of Qu'est-ce que le symbolisme?

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Word and Its Antecedents; 2. Baudelaire; 3. Rimbaud, or the Symbolism of Revolt; 4. The Tragic Impressionism of Verlaine; 5. MallarmeĢ; 6. The Symbolists; 7. In Search of the Morbid and the Strange: The Decadents and Laforgue; 8. Symbolism, Painting, and Music; 9. The Heritage of Symbolism in France and Outside France; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical Survey; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book centers on the revolutionary French symbolist movement of the last part of the 19th century, translated by Emmett Parker. Peyre gets to the heart of the subject, through provocative lines.