{"product_id":"divagations-paperback-1","title":"Divagations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStéphane Mallarmé\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara E. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book just the way I don't like them,\" the father of French Symbolism, Stéphane Mallarmé, informs the reader in his preface to \u003ci\u003eDivagations\u003c\/i\u003e: \"scattered and with no architecture.\" On the heels of this caveat, Mallarmé's diverting, discursive, and gorgeously disordered 1897 masterpiece tumbles forth--and proves itself to be just the sort of book his readers like most. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe salmagundi of prose poems, prose-poetic musings, criticism, and reflections that is \u003ci\u003eDivagations\u003c\/i\u003e has long been considered a treasure trove by students of aesthetics and modern poetry. If Mallarmé captured the tone and very feel of fin-de-siècle Paris, he went on to captivate the minds of the greatest writers of the twentieth century--from Valéry and Eliot to Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida. This was the only book of prose he published in his lifetime and, in a new translation by Barbara Johnson, is now available for the first time in English as Mallarmé arranged it. The result is an entrancing work through which a notoriously difficult-to-translate voice shines in all of its languor and musicality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether contemplating the poetry of Tennyson, the possibilities of language, a masturbating priest, or the transporting power of dance, Mallarmé remains a fascinating companion--charming, opinionated, and pedantic by turns. As an expression of the Symbolist movement and as a contribution to literary studies, \u003ci\u003eDivagations\u003c\/i\u003e is vitally important. But it is also, in Johnson's masterful translation, endlessly mesmerizing.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47571998605533,"sku":"9780674032408","price":62.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/0YJMPRVcyC9780674032408_7dc9bfba-28c1-4de0-8a2d-c308dd3e26c5.webp?v=1773384914","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/divagations-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}