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Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet criticized for obscurity.

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Also known as Mallarmé

First appearance: I

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Author of the quoted prose poem 'Divagations' and 'The Future Phenomenon'.
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In I: Author of the quoted prose poem 'Divagations' and 'The Future Phenomenon'. Later, in Endnotes: Quoted on the theory of suggestion…

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PVPaul VerlaineMMMaurice Maeter…IKImmanuel KantCDCharles DickensCBCharles Baudel…SMStéphane Mallarmé

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  • Referenced thinkers and artists
  • Decadent French poets

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