TY - JOUR N2 - This article presents a comparative analysis of two poems, Stéphane Mallarmé’s ‘Soupir’ (1866) and Wacław Rolicz-Lieder’s ‘To My Sister’s Smile’, published in 1891. ‘Soupir’ is one of Mallarmé’s early poems, yet in many respects, as this analysis demonstrates, looks forward to the French poet’s mature phase and foreshadows the poetics of Wacław Rolicz-Lieder. Chief among the similarities are the autothematic focus and the intent to convey feelings of emptiness and longing for an ideal in poems refined to the point of préciosité. However, for all their preoccupation with the craft of poetry, either poet believed that inspiration was absolutely vital for creativity. This article argues that Mallarmé’s poetics, especially his ideas of inspiration and originality, was taken over by Wacław Rolicz-Lieder, who adapted it to suit his own poetic project. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108867/PDF/RL%206-18%206-Gacek.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108867 PY - 2018 IS - No 6 (351) EP - 714 DO - 10.24425/rl.2018.124779 KW - Polish literature of the 19th century KW - Modernist poetry KW - symbolism KW - Polish-French literary connections KW - Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898) KW - Wacław Rolicz-Lieder (1866–1912) A1 - Gacek, Norbert PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 30.04.2019 T1 - “Flowers that never die”: Stéphane Mallarmé’s ‘Soupir’ and ‘To My Sister’s Smile’ by Wacław Rolicz-Lieder SP - 699 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108867 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -