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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809465603321

Autore

Peyre Henri <1901-1988.>

Titolo

What is symbolism? / / Henri Peyre ; translated from the French by Emmett Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : , : University of Alabama Press, , 1980

ISBN

0-8173-8486-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Disciplina

841.8

841.80915

Soggetti

French poetry - 19th century - History and criticism

Symbolism in literature

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.