''Divagations'' is an 1897 prose collection by the French writer
Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools o ...
. The book introduces the idea of "critical poems", a mixture between critical essays and prose poems. The book is divided into two parts, first a series of prose poems, and then the actual "divagations" – "wanderings" or "ravings".
Contents
* "Anecdotes or Poems"
* "Volumes on My Divan"
* "Capsule Sketches and Full-Length Portraits"
* "Richard Wagner"
* "Scribbled at the Theater"
* "Crisis of Verse"
* "About the Book"
* "The Mystery in Letters"
* "Services"
* "Important Miscellaneous News Briefs"
See also
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1897 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1897.
Events
*January–March – Oscar Wilde, imprisoned in Reading Gaol in England, writes a letter to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, '' De Profundis''.
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19th-century French literature
19th-century French literature concerns the developments in French literature during a dynamic period in French history that saw the rise of Democracy and the fitful end of Monarchy and Empire. The period covered spans the following political re ...
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Symbolism (arts)
In works of art, literature, and narrative, a symbol is a concrete element like an object, character, image, situation, or action that suggests or hints at abstract, deeper, or non-literal meanings or ideas.Johnson, Greg; Arp, Thomas R. (2018). ...
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1897 poetry books
Essay collections
Works about symbolism (arts)
French books
Works by Stéphane Mallarmé
1897 non-fiction books