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StĂ©phane MallarmĂ© (1842-1898) is one of the giants of nineteenth-century French poetry. Leader of the Symbolist movement, he exerted a powerful influence on modern literature and thought, which can be traced in the works of Paul ValĂ©ry, W.B. Yeats, and Jacques Derrida. From his early twenties until the time of his death, MallarmĂ© produced poems of astonishing originality and beauty, many of which have become classics. In the Collected Poems, Henry Weinfield brings the oeuvre of this European master to life for an English-speaking audience, essentially for the first time. All the poems that the author chose to retain are here, superbly rendered by Weinfield in a translation that comes remarkably close to MallarmĂ©'s own voice. Weinfield conveys not simply the meaning but the spirit and music of the French originals, which appear en face. Whether writing in verse or prose, or inventing an altogether new genreâas he did in the amazing "Coup de DĂ©s"âMallarmĂ© was a poet of both supreme artistry and great difficulty. To illuminate MallarmĂ©'s poetry for twentieth-century readers, Weinfield provides an extensive commentary that is itself an important work of criticism. He sets each poem in the context of the work as a whole and defines the poems' major symbols. Also included are an introduction and a bibliography. Publication of this collection is a major literary event in the English-speaking world: here at last is the work of a major figure, masterfully translated.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- SALUTATION / SALUT
- FIRST POEMS / PREMIERS POEMES
- FROM THE SATIRICAL PARNASSUS / DU PARNASSE SATYRIQUE
- FROM THE CONTEMPORARY PARNASSUS / DU PARNASSE CONTEMPORAIN
- ALBUM LEAVES / FEUILLETS D'ALBUM
- STREET SONGS/CHANSONS BAS
- SEVERAL SONNETS I PLUS/EURS SONNETS
- HOMAGES AND TOMBS I HOMMAGES ET TOMBEAUX
- OTHER POEMS AND SONNETS I AUTRES POEMES ET SONNETS
- POEMES EN PROSE
- UN COUP DE DES
- COMMENTARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY