From contrapuntal writing to antipodal carving: Paul Gauguin's Polynesian "Afternoon of a Faun"
- Description:
- This article examines the adaptation of Mallarmé’s symbolist poem, “The Afternoon of a Faun,” by Paul Gauguin. During his first trip to Tahiti, Gauguin carved a cylindrical wooden totem that recreates the faun’s lustful dream in Mallarmé’s poem, replacing the faun and nymphs with Polynesian mythology. Memory is understood here from an intertextual, intermedial, and intercultural perspective, wh...
- Display date:
- 2018
- Location:
- Polynesia
- Format:
- Journal article
- Collections:
- UC Research Repository
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
- Content partner:
- University of Canterbury Library
- Availability:
- Not specified
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