Stéphane Mallarmé was the most radically innovative of
nineteenth-century poets, and a key figure in Modernism. His writings,
with their richly sensuous texture and air of slyly intangible mystery,
perplexed or outraged many early readers; yet no writer has more
profoundly influenced the course of modern poetry - in English as well
as in French. This is the fullest collection of Mallarmé's poetry ever
published in English, and the only edition in any language that presents
his Poésies in the last arrangement known to have been approved by the
author. Prose poems, uncollected verse, and the unique, unclassifiable
Un Coup de dés... (A Dice Throw...) are also present, including over
20 items that have never previously been translated. Original spelling,
punctuation, and lineation have been preserved throughout.
The lucid, wide-ranging introduction provides a clear survey of
Mallarmé's work and deals fully with the difficulties that may face
readers approaching it for the first time. Collected Poems offers both
Mallarme lovers and first-time readers a full understanding of this
astonishing poet's work.
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bibliographies for further study, and much more.
