Hérodiade (Salome / 1887 Mallarmé), poetry

Hérodiade <French> / Salome (1877) is a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé.

Abstract

Written between 1864 and 1877, Mallarmé's poem focused on the character of Salome, by collapsing Herodias and her daughter Salome into one figure.

Characters

• Salome (Hérodiade)
• The Nanny

Editions, performances

Adaptations

• Hérodiade (Salome / 1944 Hindemith / Graham), ballet