Twenty-First-Century Symbolism: Verlaine, Baudelaire, Mallarmé

by Nikolaj Lübecker

How do the writings of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and Mallarm speak to our time? Why should we continue to read these poets today? How might a contemporary reading of their poetry differ from readings delivered in previous centuries? Twenty-First-Century Symbolism argues that Verlaine, Baudelaire, and Mallarm prefigure a view of human subjectivity that is appropriate for our times: we cannot be separated from the worlds in which we live and evolve; human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802070125
• ISBN13: 9781802070125
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"