The first comprehensive study of Mallarm?'s poetry of circumstance in any language, this book is a companion volume to the author's well-receivedUnfolding Mallarm?: The Development of a Poetic Art. It provides a series of lucid and accessible readings of Mallarm?'s verse and prose writings.
Introduction: The Poet and the Reader Part I: Intimate Galas 1. The Poet's Milieu 2. Creating Silence: 'Le Ph?nom?ne futur' and 'Un spectacle interrompu' 3. Reading Silence: Crayonn? au th??tre 4. Breaking Silence: 'La D?claration foraine' 5. Rhythms of Being Part II: Circumstanzas 6. A Framework for Silence: Mallarm? and the Sonnet 7. The Silence of the Grave 8. The Silence of the Object 9. The Silence of the Image 10. Sotto voce Conclusion: Silence and the Book Select Bibliography