Abstract
The prose poems in Judith Gautier's Livre de Jade (1867) are almost always explored through a comparison with the classical Chinese poetry from which the author drew inspiration. This article seeks other ways of approaching the volume; therefore, we trace the history of Gautier's inscription in the prose poem tradition and resort to the author's production as an art critic to analyze what is in the anthology beyond its source of inspiration.
Keywords:
Judith Gautier; orientalism; prose poem; pictorialist poetics