Abstract

nassian poets, samples of his work appear in Le Parnasse contemporain (1866 and 1871), and virtually all his creative writing was published by Lemerre. He is Parnassian most of all, however, because much of his work, in theme and in form, takes its inspiration from Leconte de Lisle. His individuality within the group was preserved by his serious and intense interest in Indian and Arabic literature, philosophy, and religion.4 This penchant is quite evident in Le Livre du neant and in L'Illusion. Viewed through his works, Cazalis appears to be a figure susceptible to an infinite number of influences and preoccupations.5 Nevertheless, a skilled and original poet emerges from all these

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