L’Après-midi d’un faune

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poem symbolist poem

L’Après-midi d’un faune is a symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé that portrays the dreamy, sensual reverie of a faun reflecting on his encounters with nymphs.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
L’Après-midi d’un faune canonical 3
Afternoon of a Faun 1
L'Après-midi d'un faune 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
symbolist poem ⓘ
associatedWork Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
author Stéphane Mallarmé ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacter nymph ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCharacterType mythological creature ⓘ
hasImagery nature imagery ⓘ
sensual imagery ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century French literature ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
hasMood dreamlike ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
inspired Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
inspiredBy mythological faun figure ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryForm verse ⓘ
literaryMovement Symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century French literature ⓘ
mainCharacter faun ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person monologue ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
portrays encounters with nymphs ⓘ
reverie of a faun ⓘ
setting pastoral landscape ⓘ
style dense imagery ⓘ
elliptical syntax ⓘ
highly musical language ⓘ
subjectMatter faun’s reflections on desire ⓘ
mythological pastoral scene ⓘ
theme dream versus reality ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
illusion ⓘ
memory and desire ⓘ
nature ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
writtenBy Stéphane Mallarmé ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stéphane Mallarmé → notableWork → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
Ballets Russes → premiered → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afternoon of a Faun
Claude Debussy → notableWork → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
French symbolism → hasInfluentialWork → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
this entity surface form: L'Après-midi d'un faune
Poésies → hasPart → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ
Vaslav Nijinsky → notableWork → L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ