Soft cover. Condition: New. In the later months of 1874 the great French poet Stephane Mallarme under took a highly idiosyncratic project the publication of a fashion magazine La Derniere Mode that he almost single handedly wrote and edited. Using a variety of feminine and masculine pseudonyms to theorize about the concept of fashion and to report and advise on womens clothing popular vacation destinations home furnishings and entertainment Mallarme created a spectacularly original work that lies somewhere between Baudelaires seminal treatment of fashion in his essay on modernity The Painter of Modern Life and The Fashion System Barthes brilliant semiology of clothing in the latter twentieth century. But the distinguishing feature of Mallarmes magazine and what differentiates it from the writing of baudelaire and barthes is that it explores the nature of fashion from the inside. It is a genuine fashion magazine aspiring to lead fashion though at the same time by ingenious and appealing ironies subtly satirizing this whole genre of writing. Various theories have been entertained about the work in the past such as it being a prose poem or alternatively a hoax or a mere money making venture but the present translators in their commentary argue that such guesses are hopelessly off the mark. 222 pp. Seller Inventory # 100001720

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Mallarme on Fashion

Stephane Mallarme

Published by Seagull Books, 2004

ISBN 10: 8170462843 ISBN 13: 9788170462842

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Condition: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide. Seller Inventory # ABTA-35113

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