Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Near Fine condition. 6th printing, 169pp. "The leading poet of French symbolism, Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writers. In this volume C. F. MacIntyre has translated forty-three of his poems, including the 'Ouverture' and 'Scene' from Herodiade, which was to have been a drama in verse, and the well-known L'Apres-midi d'un Faune, for which Debussy composed his orchestral Prelude. [] Indeed, as MacIntyre suggests, Debussy is probably 'one of the best guides into the mysterious realm of Mallarme.' The poet was more concerned with the music of words, their sounds and vague associations, than with their conventional meanings; one of the elements in his credo was that suggestion and evocation are of greater significance than statement. His syntax is fractious, his meaning frequently enigmatic; and the reader will find MacIntyre's notes helpful in savoring the translations and the original French verses, which appear on facing pages." [publisher copy] "Mallarm� is our greatest poet."--Jean Paul Sartre. Near Fine mass market paperback w/very slight foxing on edges, o/w crisp pages w/brilliant corners & a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Design by Rita Carroll, wrappers by Channing Rudd. Quite presentable.

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Title: Selected Poems (English and French Edition)
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 1959
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0520008014
ISBN 13: 9780520008014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine

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