This glossary, published in 1888, is the only work of its kind produced by Decadent and Symbolist writers themselves, and is full of "definitions" as mystifying as the words they claim to define. It offers both a scholarly and a humorous examination of linguistic innovation and succeeds in showing how literary language remains subtler and more alive than any of the instruments designed to explain it. Included in the glossary are luminaries such as Mallarme, Rimbaud, Laforgue, and Verlaine as well as such writers as Feneon, Moreas, and Rene Ghil.
This glossary, published in 1888, is the only work of its kind produced by Decadent and Symbolist writers themselves, and is full of "definitions" as mystifying as the words they claim to define. It offers both a scholarly and a humorous examination of linguistic innovation and succeeds in showing how literary language remains subtler and more alive than any of the instruments designed to explain it. Included in the glossary are luminaries such as Mallarme, Rimbaud, Laforgue, and Verlaine as well as such writers as Feneon, Moreas, and Rene Ghil.
Patrick McGuinness is Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College,
Oxford.
“Reliable, pertinent in its comments, this re-edition of Plowert’s
Petit Glossaire is also welcome in that it facilitates general
access to a relatively rare work. An added advantage is its fine
introduction which reaches even non-specialised readers.” (New
Zealand Journal of French Studies, Volume 21 No. 1, 2000)
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