Papers of Carl Paul Barbier, Professor of French, University of Edinburgh, relating to the author Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

Reference
- GB 247 MS Barbier
Dates of Creation
- fl1842-1978
Name of Creator
- Barbier, Carl Paul, d c1993
Language of Material
- French English
Physical Description
- 11 metres

Scope and Content

Papers of Carl Paul Barbier relating to Stéphane Mallarmé. Mainly copies of Mallarmé's correspondence with other literary figures. Poems and other works by Mallarmé. Includes photographs and documents relating to Mallarmé family

Administrative / Biographical History

Carl Paul Barbier was Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1964, he published Correspondence Mallarmé-Whistler in France as well as editing several books of his poetry and correspondence for publication. He died c1993.

Stéphane Mallarmé was born in Paris, France, in 1842. He taught English from 1864 in Tournon, Besanon, Avignon and Paris until his retirement in 1893. Mallarmé wrote poetry from an early age and was influenced by Charles Baudelaire with his first poetry being published in magazines in the 1860s. From the 1880s Mallarmé was the centre of a group of French writers in Paris, including André Gide and Paul Valéry. Mallarmé's vers libre and word music shaped the 1890s Decadent movement. For the rest of his life Mallarmé devoted himself to putting his literary theories into practice and writing his Grand Oeuvre (Great Work). Mallarmé died in Paris on 9 September 1898 without completing this work.

Source: http://www.studiocleo.com/librarie/mallarme/biography.html.