[Parution] Twenty-First-Century Symbolism

Nikolaj Lübecker, Twenty-First-Century Symbolism: Verlaine, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Liverpool University Press, “Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures”, 2022

ISBN : 978-1-802-07012-5

£90.00

How do the writings of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and Mallarmé speak to our time? Why should we continue to read these poets today? How might a contemporary reading of their poetry differ from readings delivered in previous centuries? Twenty-First-Century Symbolism argues that Verlaine, Baudelaire, and Mallarmé prefigure a view of human subjectivity that is appropriate for our times: we cannot be separated from the worlds in which we live and evolve; human beings both mediate and are mediations of the environments we traverse and that traverse us, whether these are natural, urban, linguistic, or technological environments. The ambition of the book is therefore twofold: on the one hand, it aims to offer new readings of the three poets, demonstrating their continued relevance for contemporary debates, putting them into dialogue with a philosophical corpus that has not yet played a role in the study of nineteenth-century French poetry; on the other, the book relies on the three poets to establish an understanding of human subjectivity that is in tune with our twenty-first-century concerns.

Nikolaj Lübecker is Professor of French and Film Studies at St John’s College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Section Title	Page
Cover	1
Contents	5
Acknowledgements	7
Introduction	9
1 Haiku-Verlaine	23
2 The Verlaine-Environment	51
3 Affectivity and Ecology in Baudelaire’s Twilight	81
4 Baudelaire and the Power of Colour	111
5 Mallarmé – Becoming Individu-Livre	147
6 Mallarmé’s Demonic Media Theory	173
Conclusion	203
Bibliography	213
Index	223

Lien vers l’éditeur : https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55571/

Blog de l’auteur sur le livre : https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2022/04/21/qa-nikolaj-lubecker/

Until the 1st July 2022, the book can be purchased with a 30% reduction by anyone (libraries and individuals) using the code SYMBOLISM30 on Liverpool University Press’s website. If you are interested in reviewing the book, and have a journal lined up, please make contact with alice.burns@liverpool.ac.uk

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