Notes on Sartre’s existential psychoanalysis

Does Mallarmé loves a dream?

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to do a reflection about the book Mallarmé – la lucidité et sa face d’ombre, a work in which Sartre discusses the relevance and scope of the existential psychoanalysis. The introduction and the first note, founded in EN, aim to show the situated role of freedom; the second note uses this reading key apply to the existence of the poet Mallarmé; the third note shows the consequences, for all poetry, if the poet’s ‘original choice’ (a situated man) is not considered. Finally, it is about showing the dreamlike character of Mallarmé’s existential project, expressed in his poetry.