This article explores the ambiguity in the relationship between silence and creation in Verlaine’s poetry around the time of his religious conversion. Turning to the sacred enables him to renew his poetic language, but also undermines the possibility of expressing his mystical experience.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques