Mallarmé and the Politics of Literature

Sartre, Kristeva, Badiou, Rancière

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvRobert Boncardo,Robert (Australian Catholic University.) Boncardo

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Recounts the radical readings of Mallarme's seminal poems by some of France's most important 20th century thinkersWhy is Stephane Mallarme, one of modernity's most ingenious yet obscure poets, so important to French philosophers? With in-depth studies of Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Alain Badiou and Jacques Ranciere, along with shorter analyses of Jean-Claude Milner and Quentin Meillassoux, Boncardo situates Mallarme within these thinkers' philosophical and political projects.Key FeaturesExplains different thinkers' distinct approaches to Mallarme's poetry and prose, in particular to their political significanceReflects on the various ways literature has been conceived of politically by French thinkersThe first work of English-language scholarship on each of these thinker's reading of Mallarme and the first work to read each of these thinkers in tandem, locating their points of contact and difference

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Utgivningsdatum2018-01-16
Mått156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt552 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCrosscurrents
Antal sidor288
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474429528

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AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsSeries Editor’s PrefaceIntroduction: Comrade MallarméJean-Paul Sartre’s Mallarmé: Hero of an Ontological Drama, Agent of the Counter-revolutionJulia Kristeva’s Mallarmé: From Fetishism to the Theatre-BookAlain Badiou’s Mallarmé: From the Structural Dialectic to the Poetry of the EventJean-Claude Milner’s Mallarmé: Nothing Has Taken PlaceJacques Rancière’s Mallarmé: Deferring EqualityConclusion: From One Siren to AnotherBibliographyIndex

The name Mallarmé has become a tool for the praise and condemnation of poetry. In French philosophy, he is associated with the intoxicating idea of poetry as politically efficacious, and the counter-charge of effete elitism. In this lively and impressive re-telling, we see how this poet becomes a magnet for a stunning cascade of delirious praise and vilification. Robert Boncardo convincingly shows that despite the insights of the French obsession with Mallarmé, we need new ways to formulate the links between politics and literature.