Upon his death in 1898, the French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme
(b. 1842) left behind a body of published work which though modest
in quantity was to have a seminal influence on subsequent poetry
and aesthetic theory. He also enjoyed an unparalleled reputation
for extending help and encouragement to those who sought him out.
Rosemary Lloyd has produced a fascinating literary biography of the
poet and his period, offering a subtle exploration of the mind and
letters of one of the giants of modern European poetry.
Every Tuesday, from the late 1870s on, Mallarme hosted
gatherings that became famous as the "Mardis" and that were
attended by a cross section of significant writers, artists,
thinkers, and musicians in fin-de-siecle France, England, and
Belgium. Through these gatherings and especially through a
voluminous correspondence -- eventually collected in eleven volumes
-- Mallarme developed and recorded his friendships with Paul
Valery, Andre Gide, Berthe Morisot, and many others. Attractively
written and scrupulously documented, Mallarme: The Poet and His
Circle is unique in offering a biographical account of the, poet's
literary practice and aesthetics which centers on that
correspondence.
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