ISBN:
1417598085
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9781417598083
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9781847888785
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184788878X
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9781847882776
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9781859737187
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1859737188
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1859737234
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9781859737231
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 221 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
Uniform Title:
Dernière mode
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 Mallarmé on fashion
DDC:
391/.009/034
Keywords:
Fashion
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Fashion & society
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Part I. La dernière mode, and its pre-history -- Part II. The journal, fortnight by fortnight, with commentary. Issue 1 ; Issue 2 ; Issue 3 ; Issue 4 ; Issue 5 ; Issue 6 ; Issue 7 ; Issue 8 ; Part III. Paris 1874 : a postface / (by Alex Cain).
Abstract:
In 1874, Stephane Mallarme, the great French poet, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project--the publication of a fashion magazine called La Derniere Mode (The Latest Fashion)--that he almost single-handedly compiled. Using a variety of feminine and masculine pseudonyms to theorize about fashion and to advise on popular vacation destinations, home furnishings, and entertainment, Mallarmé created a spectacularly original work. The distinguishing feature of Mallarme's magazine is that it explores the nature of fashion from the inside. While it is a genuine fashion magazine, it also satirizes the entire genre. Various theories have been entertained about the work: it has been viewed as a prose poem, a hoax, and a cynical money-making venture. Furbank and Cain, however, argue that such guesses are hopelessly off the mark. Complete with the original artwork and a contextualizing introduction and commentary, this is the definitive translation of one of French literature's greatest enigmas
Note:
Articles contributed by Mallarmé to the fashion magazine La Dernière mode
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Includes bibliographical references
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.5040/9781847888785
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