The Symbolist Movement in Literature

The Symbolist Movement in Literature first published in 1899 and with additional material in 1919 is a work by Arthur Symons largely credited with bringing French Symbolism to the attention of Anglo-American literary circles. Its first two editions were vital influences on W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot—a note that for nothing else would assure its historical place with the most important early Modernist criticism. Richard Ellmann has contributed an Introduction to most modern editions.