Stephane Mallarme
French symbolist poet whose Herodiade, L'apres-midi d'un faune, and Un Coup de Des pushed poetry toward pure form and musicality. His Tuesday salons were the center of Parisian intellectual life.
Works
- PoesiesLyric poetry emphasizing form, refinement, and linguistic precision
- L'apres-midi d'un faunePoem depicting a faun's erotic reverie in classical mythological setting
- Un Coup de Des Jamais N'abolira le HasardExperimental poem exploring chance, language, and typographical arrangement
- IgiturFragmentary prose narrative exploring consciousness and absolute thought