Stephane Mallarme

Poesies

Lyric poetry emphasizing form, refinement, and linguistic precision

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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.

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