Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaPtyx: the word in action
The aim of this study is to present some meanings of the word ‘ptyx’, which first appeared in Mallarmé’s poem Ses purs ongles très haut dédiant leur onyx (known in Brazil as the Sonnet in ix), and which has been fascinating generations of readers and interpreters of Mallarmé. After presenting the me...
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| Lenguaje: | Portugués |
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Lettres Françaises
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/lettres/article/view/5920 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63585 |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study is to present some meanings of the word ‘ptyx’, which first appeared in Mallarmé’s poem Ses purs ongles très haut dédiant leur onyx (known in Brazil as the Sonnet in ix), and which has been fascinating generations of readers and interpreters of Mallarmé. After presenting the meanings, the objective is to relate them and the interpretations of the word to the reading of Mallarmé’s work from the 19th-century to the end of the 20th- century. Then, the purpose is to present an interpretation of the word ptyx in the poem according to the newest criticism about Mallarmé’s work. |
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