TY - BOOK AU - Whidden,Seth Adam TI - Leaving Parnassus: the lyric subject in Verlaine and Rimbaud T2 - Faux titre, SN - 9789401204460 AV - PQ2467 .W45 2007 U1 - 841.8 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Rodopi KW - Verlaine, Paul, KW - Rimbaud, Arthur, KW - French poetry KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Subjectivity in literature KW - Parnassianism KW - France KW - fast KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index; Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Dominance of Parnassian Poetry -- Verlaine’s Identities -- Rimbaud, Beyond Time and Space -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Leaving Parnassus: The Lyric Subject in Verlaine and Rimbaud considers how the crisis of the lyric subject in the middle of the nineteenth century in France is a direct response to the aesthetic principles of Parnassian poetry, which dominated the second half of the century much more than critics often think. The poets considered here rebel against the strict confines of traditional and contemporary poetry and attempt to create radically new discursive practices. Specifically, the close readings of poems apply recent studies of subjectivity in poetry and focus on the works of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud to see how each subverts the dominant tradition of French poetry in a unique way. Whereas previous studies considered isolated aspects of each poet’s lyric subject, Leaving Parnassus shows that the situation of the lyric is a source of subversion throughout the poets’ entire work, and as such it is crucial to our full understanding of their respective innovations UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401204460 ER -