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Zusatztext What makes Pearson a stimulating critic as well as enjoyable to read is that his approach sacrifices nothing of the complexity and texture of Mallarmé, nothing of the poetry's ability to surprise and unsettle. Pearson's prose is nuanced, graceful and witty... Mallarmé and Circumstance is a work of intellectual sympathy with a writer for whom poetry alone was able to make sense of a world which "has no intrinsic pattern". Klappentext The first comprehensive study of Mallarm 's "poetry of circumstance" in any language, this book is a companion volume to the author's well-received Unfolding Mallarm: The Development of a Poetic Art. It provides a series of lucid and accessible readings of Mallarm 's verse and prose writings. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of Mallarmé's 'poetry of circumstance' in any language, this book is a companion volume to the author's well-received Unfolding Mallarmé: The Development of a Poetic Art (Clarendon Press, 1996). It provides a series of lucid and accessible readings of Mallarmé's verse and prose writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Poet and the Reader Part I: Intimate Galas 1: The Poet's Milieu 2: Creating Silence: 'Le Phénomène futur' and 'Un spectacle interrompu' 3: Reading Silence: Crayonné au théâtre 4: Breaking Silence: 'La Déclaration foraine' 5: Rhythms of Being Part II: Circumstanzas 6: A Framework for Silence: Mallarmé and the Sonnet 7: The Silence of the Grave 8: The Silence of the Object 9: The Silence of the Image 10: Sotto voce Conclusion: Silence and the Book Select Bibliography
