Before the hecatomb. Catulle Mendès' report on the state of French poetry in 1900

Abstract

The study analyses the official report about the state of French poetry in 1900, written by the poet and criticist Catulle Mendès for the french government

Keywords

• French poetry
• literary field
• evolution
• free verse
• Parnasists
• symbolism
• universality
• nationalism