Divagations

Divagations is an 1897 prose collection by the French writer Stéphane Mallarmé. The book introduces the idea of "critical poems", a mixture between critical essays and prose poems. The book is divided into two parts, first a series of prose poems, and then the actual "divagations" - "wanderings" or "ravings".[1]

Divagations

First edition title page
Author	Stéphane Mallarmé
Country	France
Language	French
Publisher	Bibliothéque-Charpentier
Publication date	1897
Pages	377

Contents

• "Anecdotes or Poems"
• "Volumes on My Divan"
• "Capsule Sketches and Full-Length Portraits"
• "Richard Wagner"
• "Scribbled at the Theater"
• "Crisis of Verse"
• "About the Book"
• "The Mystery in Letters"
• "Services"
• "Important Miscellaneous News Briefs"

See also

• 1897 in literature
• 19th-century French literature
• Symbolism (arts)

References

1. Kurhonen, Kuisma (2005). "A Flower? Stéphane Mallarmé and the Poetic Essay". In Forsdick, Charles; Stafford, Andy (eds.). The modern essay in French: movement, instability, performance. Modern French identities. Oxford: Peter Lang. p. 233. ISBN 3-03910-514-0.