Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)
Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves owes a lot to French symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé. The writer’s 20-page work Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hazard (A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance) employed experimental free verse and blank spaces, signifying an innovative shift into Modernism. The fractured work dealt with several unprecedented, existential concepts and questions, centering on the aftermath of a shipwreck, a mysterious figure, and a set of dice.
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