Similarly to von Hoffmanstahl, this poet believed that although nothing exists beyond reality, essences of perfect forms do, and it is the poet's job to crystallize these essences, thus making him "l'absent de tous bouquets," an idea which he developed in his poem with a double entendre for a title, Le Cygne (SEE-nyeuh).
Similarly to von Hoffmanstahl, this poet believed that although nothing exists beyond reality, essences of perfect forms do, and it is the poet's job to crystallize these essences, thus making him "l'absent de tous bouquets," an idea which he developed in his poem with a double entendre for a title, Le Cygne (SEE-nyeuh). He died in 1898 while trying to complete the vast compendium to which he simply referred as the "Great Work" or "The Book." Other works include "Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe," Hérodiade, and a poem about the thoughts of the titular animal. For ten points, name this French symbolist poet of The Afternoon of a Faun.
Similarly to von Hoffmanstahl, this poet believed that although nothing exists beyond reality, essences of perfect forms do, and it is the poet's job to crystallize these essences, thus making him "l'absent de tous bouquets," an idea which he developed in his poem with a double entendre for a title, Le Cygne (SEE-nyeuh).
Stéphane {Mallarmé}