Mélange des formes, contamination des genres L’alliage vers-prose chez les symbolistes

Symbolist time celebrates mixing and fusion of literary categories, genres et forms. Verse and prose often mix in hybrid novels, where values et significations of each form collaborate ton create the whole work: on the one hand, symbolic abstraction, on te other hand concrete detail; on the one hand synthesis, on the other hand analysis. In Jarry, Kahn, Retté and de Gourmont, each form assumes specific functions, creating a certain manner of total work.