Background
He was for 20 years closely associated with the Mercure de France, for which he wrote his Épilogues,Epilogues, articles which discuss not only literary men, but also men of science, psychologists, doctors, and sociologists.
He was for 20 years closely associated with the Mercure de France, for which he wrote his Épilogues,Epilogues, articles which discuss not only literary men, but also men of science, psychologists, doctors, and sociologists.
Gourmont's Journal intime et inédit,inedit, published by his brother (1923), is an important document on contemporary literary life. Gourmont is noted for his preoccupation with questions of style, for his erudition, his unexpected sallies, his disdain for conventions, and his efforts to detect original writers.