The Prose of Mallarmé: The Evolution of a Literary Language

Kravis, Judy

ISBN 10: 0521209218 / ISBN 13: 9780521209212

Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976, 1976

About this Item

As new! Hard bound, first edition, Pp239. Includes bibliography and index. Fine in very good or better dust jacket. 425 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Seller Inventory # 17971

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Prose of Mallarmé: The Evolution of a Literary Language
• Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521209218
• ISBN 13: 9780521209212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Essays/Letters/Criticism

About this title

Synopsis

This book was originally published in 1976. Mallarme's writings about the nature and purposes of art lie behind much modern critical theory. There is no sharp distinction between his poetry and his prose; in both he was exercising his art; and in both he was preoccupied by the same things. Yet the prose is little studied. Dr Kravis treats it under the headings of literary, music and dramatic criticism, translation, writing on fashion and on language. She shows the intellectual links between the various interests. More important, she shows how the prose is an art which does what it talks about. Quotation is in French, so this is primarily a book for the reader of French. But it is important for any serious reader of modern literature.

Book Description

This book was originally published in 1976. Mallarme's writings about the nature and purposes of art lie behind much modern critical theory. There is no sharp distinction between his poetry and his prose. Yet the prose is little studied. Dr Kravis treats it under the headings of literary, music and dramatic criticism, translation, writing on fashion and on language.