Symbolism - Critical Idiom Author:Charles Chadwick This volume is one in a series of short studies, each dealing with a single key item, or a group of two or three key items, in our critical vocabulary. The purpose of the series differs from that served by the standard glossary of literary terms. Because of their diversity in subject matter, no attempt has been made to impose a uniform pattern u... more »pon the studies. But all authors have tried to provide as full illustrative quotation as possible, to make reference whenever appropriate to more than one literature, and to compose their studies in such a way as to guide readers towards the short bibliographies in which suggestions have been provided for further reading.
The present volume includes an introductory essay on the theory of Symbolism, followed by analyses of works by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarme, and Valery, and concludes with an essay on the repercussions of Symbolism.« less