Leaving Parnassus: The Lyric Subject in Verlaine and Rimbaud - Softcover

Whidden, Seth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042022108 ISBN 13: 9789042022102

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Leaving Parnassus: The Lyric Subject in Verlaine and Rimbaud considers how the crisis of the lyric subject in the middle of the nineteenth century in France is a direct response to the aesthetic principles of Parnassian poetry, which dominated the second half of the century much more than critics often think. The poets considered here rebel against the strict confines of traditional and contemporary poetry and attempt to create radically new discursive practices. Specifically, the close readings of poems apply recent studies of subjectivity in poetry and focus on the works of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud to see how each subverts the dominant tradition of French poetry in a unique way. Whereas previous studies considered isolated aspects of each poet's lyric subject, Leaving Parnassus shows that the situation of the lyric is a source of subversion throughout the poets' entire work, and as such it is crucial to our full understanding of their respective innovations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9042022108
• ISBN 13: 9789042022102
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 230