Révélation de l’au-delà Marchandise littéraire pour survivre ou vocation idéaliste contre l’oubli ? (Passage de témoin de Poe à Mallarmé)

Through analysis of the textual ­connections between Poe and Mallarmé, this ­contribution examines the possibility of a revelation of the ‘­beyond’ through literature. Is this a literary product, a subterfuge to capture the interest of readers, or an honest preoccupation, even an existential obsession, linked to the act of forgetting ?