Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. INTRODUCTION. Corresponding 1
7. INTERLUDE ONE. Reading in Mallarme's Letters 19
8. CHAPTER ONE. Writing in Exile 27
9. INTERLUDE TWO. Depression 66
10. CHAPTER TWO. Finding a Voice 77
11. INTERLUDE THREE. Father and Daughter 109
12. CHAPTER THREE. Forging an Aesthetic 121
13. INTERLUDE FOUR. Love and Friendship 156
14. CHAPTER FOUR. Becoming a Symbol 166
15. INTERLUDE FIVE. "A Passerby Seeking Refuge": Poetry, Politics, and Bombs 202
16. CONCLUSION. Remembering the Dead 217
17. APPENDIX. "Crise de vers" 227
18. Notes 235
19. Selected Bibliography 245
20. Index 255