The Symbolist Movement in the Literature of European Languages
Editor
Edited by Anna Balakian, this volume marks the first attempt to discuss Symbolism in a full range of the literatures written in the European languages. The scope of these analyses, which explore Latin America, Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as well as West European literatures, continues to make the volume a valuable reference today. As René Wellek suggests in his historiographic contribution, the fifty-one contributors not only make us think afresh about individual authors who are “giants,” but also draw us to reassess schools and movements in their local as well as international contexts. Reviewers comment that this “copious and intelligently structured” anthology, divided into eight parts, traces the conceptual bases and emergence of an international Symbolist movement, showing the spread of Symbolism to other national literatures from French sources, as well as the symbiotic transformations of Symbolism through appropriation and amalgamation with local literary trends. Several chapters deal with the relationships between literature and the other arts, pointing to Symbolism at work in painting, music, and theatre. Other chapters on the psychological aspects of the Symbolist method connect in interesting ways to a vision of metaphor and myth as virtually musical notation and an experimental emphasis on the play afforded by gaps between words. The volume is “a major contribution” to “the most significant exponents” and “essential themes” of Symbolism. The theoretical, historical, and typological sections of the volume help explain why the impact of this important movement of the fin-de-siècle is still felt today.
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, II] 1984. 732 pp.
Publishing status: Available | Original publisher:Akadémiai Kiadó
© John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée
Table of Contents
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IntroductionAnna Balakian | p. 9
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I. The Delimitation of Symbolism as a Literary Movement
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What is Symbolism?René Wellek | p. 17
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The Structure of the Symbolist MovementGyörgy M. Vajda | p. 29
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Presence and Poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé: Inetrnational reputation and Intellectual ImpactLloyd James Austin | p. 43
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II. The French Cénacle
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The Background of French SymbolismRobert Jouanny | p. 67
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The Language of SymbolismClaude Abastado | p. 85
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Symbolist ImageryLouis Forestier | p. 101
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The Fate of SymbolismMichel Décaudin | p. 119
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III. The Emergence of the International Symbolist Movement
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1. Catalysts and Intermedairies
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The Liberated Verse of the English Translators of French SymbolismClive Scott | p. 127
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German Poets in the Proximity of Baudelaire and the SymbolistsKurt Wais | p. 145
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A Graver Decadence: Reactions to Symbolism in SpainGordon Brotherston | p. 157
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The Translation and Refraction of Symbolism: A survey of the Hungarian ExampleAndré Karátson | p. 165
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2. Diffusion and Symbiosis
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On the Spread of SymbolismMiklós Szabolcsi | p. 183
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Models for Symbolism and Expressionism: Stephan George and Herwarth WaldemManfred Durzak | p. 191
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Symbolism and ModernismRicardo Gullón | p. 213
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The Symbolist Mode in the Spanish American Modernista Novel, 1885–1924Roland Grass | p. 229
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IV. The Consolidation and Metamorphosis of the Symbolist Imprint
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Expectation and Resignation: Stefan George’s Place in German and in European Symbolist LiteratureManfred Gsteiger | p. 255
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Valéry and his International ReputationJames Lawler | p. 269
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Yeats: The Question of SymbolismDennis Donoghue | p. 279
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Eliot: An English SymbolistRuth Z. Temple | p. 295
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D’Annunzio and International SymbolismEzio Raimondi | p. 311
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Juan Ramón Jiménez and the Heritage of Symbolism in Hispanic PoetryBernard Gicovate | p. 335
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Jorge Guillén and the Symbolist Imprint on the Generation of the 1920’sAndré Debicki | p. 347
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The Symbolist Turn in Endre Ady’s PoetryPéter Pór | p. 361
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Andrey Bely and the Symbolist Movement in RussiaBoris Christa | p. 381
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V. Typological Studies
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The “Beyond” and the “Within”: The Plce and Function of Myths in Symbolist LiteraturePierre Brunel | p. 399
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Symbolist TheaterHartmut Köhler | p. 413
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The Symbol in the Austrian Literature of the Turn of the Century: Problems and Attempted SolutionsManfred Hoppe | p. 425
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Contribution to a Typology of Symbolist PaintingLajos Németh | p. 437
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Displacements of Parental Space: American Poetry and French SymbolismMichel Bénamou | p. 455
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VI. The Symbolist Inmpact on Music and Art
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Symbolist MusicMarcel Schneider | p. 471
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Musical Settings of Symbolist PoemsElaine Brody | p. 483
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Symbolism in Alexander Scriabin’s MusicVladimir Padwa | p. 493
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The Spread and Evolution of Symbolist Ideals in ArtEdouard Roditi | p. 499
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The Other Symbolist Inheritance in PaintingDore Ashton | p. 519
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The Esthetics of Symbolism in French and BelgianPhilippe Jullian | p. 529
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VII. Some National Perspectives
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Symbolism in Portuguese LiteratureJacinto Prado-Coelho | p. 549
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The Symbolist Movement in BelgiumElizabeth Hess | p. 565
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Early Scnadinavian SymbolismLief Sjőberg and N.L. Jensen | p. 575
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Symbolism in DenmarkLief Sjőberg | p. 587
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Symbolism and Finnish LiteratureIrma Rantavaara | p. 595
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Symbolism in Baltic LiteraturesVitautas Kubilis | p. 603
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Polish SymbolismMichal Glowinski | p. 609
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Czech Symbolist PoetryAlena Hájková | p. 617
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Symbolist Elements in Serbian PoetryVladeta R. Košutić | p. 627
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Symbolism in Bulgarian LiteratureGeorgi Dimov | p. 641
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Symbolism in GreeceRobert Jouanny | p. 647
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Aspects of Symbolist Poetry in The United StatesHaskell M. Block | p. 653
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VIII. Symbolism in Other Contexts
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Symbolic Statement: A Psychological ViewLeon Edel | p. 661
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Darió and Rodó: Two Versions of the Symbolist Dream in Spanish American LettersEmir Rodríguez Monegal | p. 669
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ConclusionAnna Balakian | p. 681
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Index | p. 718
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