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The Symbolist Movement in Literature

The Symbolist Movement in Literature

The Symbolist Movement in Literature, first published in 1899, and with additional material in 1919, is a work by Arthur Symons largely credited with bringing French Symbolism to the attention of Anglo-American literary circles. Its first two editions were vital influences on W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot—a note that, for nothing else, would assure its historical place with the most important early Modernist criticism. Richard Ellmann has contributed an Introduction to most modern editions.


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“The mystic too full of God to speak intelligibly to the world.”

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Arthur Rimbaud.
The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899)

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“Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.”

Arthur Symons book The Symbolist Movement in Literature

Stéphane Mallarmé.
The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899)

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