This concise biography of Stephane Mallarme (1842–98) blends an account of the poet’s life with a detailed analysis of his evolving poetic theory and practice. "A poet on this earth must be uniquely a poet,” he declared at the age of twenty-two—but what is a poet’s life and what is a poet’s function? In his poems and prose statements and by the example of his life, Mallarme provided answers to these questions. In Stephane Mallarme, Roger Pearson explores the relationship among Mallarme’s life, his philosophy, and his writing. To Mallarme, being a poet consists of a continuous, lifelong investigation of language and its expressive potential. It represents, argues Pearson, a fundamental response to the metaphysical mystery of the human condition and the desire to make sense of it for others. A poet turns everyday banality into prospects of mystery; and a poet, in Mallarme’s conception, is able to bring all human beings together in heightened awareness and understanding of...

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