Unfolding Mallarm

Unfolding Mallarm provides a coherent account of Mallarm's poetic developments from his earliest verse to his final masterpiece, `Un coup de Ds'. A series of close readings demonstrate the intricate linguistic and formal play to be found in many of his major poems; and, in a detailed analysis of `Un coup de Ds', Roger Pearson explores the `profound calculation' upon which Mallarm's final, seemingly chaotic masterpiece is based.