The Symbolist Movement in Literature

Originally published in 1919, The Symbolist Movement in Literature is an account of the people behind the art movement of French, Russian and Belgian. The style originates with the 1857 publication of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. It is largely credited with bringing French Symbolism to the attention of Anglo-American literary circles. The book is a collection of short essays on various authors. A list of contents is useful, among other reasons, for determining the time and trace of its influence. Eliot, for instance, would not have read about Baudelaire in his 1908 edition.