Un Coup de Des & Other Poems

These translations of Mallarmé's major poetry reflect his position as a leading Symbolist poet of the nineteenth century. His use of complex syntax, andhese translations of Mallarmé's major poetry reflect his position as a leading Symbolist poet of the nineteenth century. His use of complex syntax, and subtle turns of phrase, often makes his verse seem more abstruse than its content indicates, revealing as it does a relatively narrow though sophisticated world, predominantly literary and ph...