Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Chapter I. Mallarme and the “Monstre d’or″ 1
5. Chapter II. Verlaine’s “Naiveté″ 21
6. Chapter III. Rimbaud As Rhetorician 71
7. Chapter IV. “Magic″ and “Movement″ in Claudel and Valéry 112
8. Chapter V. Claudel’s Art of Composition 146
9. Chapter VI. Valery’s “Purete″ 185
10. Chapter VII. Music in Apollinaire 218
11. Index 263