
This concise biography of St phane Mallarm (1842-98) blends an account of the poet's life with a detailed analysis of his evolving poetic theory and practice. "A poet on this earth must be uniquely a poet," he declared at the age of twenty-two--but what is a poet's life and...

Unfolding Mallarm? provides a coherent account of Mallarm?'s poetic developments from his earliest verse to his final masterpiece, "Un coup de D?s." A series of close readings demonstrate the intricate linguistic and formal play to be found in many of his major poems; and, in...