Poem and Symbol: A Brief History of French Symbolism

by Wallace Fowlie

Book Overview

"This is a highly successful study of the development of French Symbolism. It is always on the mark, and it progresses with economy and intelligence to make all of its points. It is unfussy, uncluttered by any kind of pretension that too often passes for scholarship and criticism these days." -Robert T. Denomm?, University of VirginiaWallace Fowlie provides an uncommonly well-written survey of French Symbolism by way of analyzing key poems in relation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027100696X
• ISBN13: 9780271006963
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"