University of Alabama Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [distributor] March
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction; 1. The Word and Its Antecedents; 2. Baudelaire; 3. Rimbaud, or the Symbolism of Revolt; 4. The Tragic Impressionism of Verlaine; 5. Mallarmé; 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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
French poetry
French poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism.