Mallarme on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Derniere Mode, with Commentary

by P.N. Furbank, A.M. Cain, A. M. Cain

Book Overview

In the later months of 1874, the great French poet, Stephane Mallarme, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project - the publication of a fashion magazine (La Derniere Mode) that he almost single-handedly wrote and edited. Using a variety of feminine and masculine pseudonyms to theorize about the concept of fashion and to report and advise on womens clothing, popular vacation destinations, home furnishings and entertainment, Mallarme created a spectacularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00B8T49RM
• ISBN13: 9781859737231
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Berg 3pl
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"