Mallarme: Or the Poet of Nothingness [Paperback]

Jean Paul Sarte (Author), Jean-Paul Sartre (Author), Ernest Sturm (Translator)

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Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0271007559
• ISBN-13: 978-0271007557
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,619,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Novelist, playwright, and biographer Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80) is widely considered one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. His major works include "No Exit," "Nausea," "The Wall," "The Age of Reason," "Critique of Dialectical Reason," "Being and Nothingness," and "Roads to Freedom," an allegory of man's search for commitment, and not, as the man at the off-licence says, an everyday story of French country folk.

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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the poetically ananlytical voice of nothingness, July 2, 2004

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This review is from: Mallarme: Or the Poet of Nothingness (Paperback)

This book exceeds the linguistical capacity of appraisal. The intro- well constructed, cleanly written- has tranfixed an elusive Sartre that resides under the appearence of Sartre. The translation is utterly perfected to echo the nuances of Sartre's analytical style. Through Sartre's analysis, one becomes aware of the meaning of the poet. From the floating pen of Mallarme, to the analytical precision of Sartre, to the beautifly rendered translation of Sturm, including an introduction that surpasses the fragile, uninformative, existence of intro's, and stands alone as a well-composed critical essay, the english reader has been granted a gift. Without reading this, you're Sartrean perspective wobbles hopelessly on one leg. Highly recommended.