The Death of Stephane Mallarme

by Leo Bersani

Book Overview

In this highly original and provocative study, Bersani takes us away from the interpretative questions which the competing critics of Mallarm familiarly raise, and explores a fundamental paradox within his work as a whole. On the one hand Mallarm can be taken as a prime example of textual imperialism in modern literature: his hermetic poems seem to demand ever more interpretative ingenuity from his readers and to provide a foretaste of the supreme...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521115671
• ISBN13: 9780521115674
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"