The Art of Poetry / Paul Valéry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valéry, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Bernard-Folliot, Denise.

Series:

Collected works of Paul Valéry ; v. 7.

Bollingen series ; 45.

Princeton Legacy Library ; 352

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

All of the major meditations on the theory and practice of poetry by one of the greatest poets of our time--and perhaps the one who has most scrupulously analyzed his art--are included in The Art of Poetry.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Preamble

Concerning Adonis

Funeral Oration for a Fable

A Foreword

Poetry and Abstract Thought

Problems of Poetry

Memoirs of a Poem

The Prince and La Jeune Parque

Concerning Le Cimetiere marin

Commentaries on Charmes

On Speaking Verse

Letter to Madame C.

The Poet's Rights over Language

A Poet's Notebook

Pure Poetry

Contemporary Poetry

Remarks on Poetry

The Necessity of Poetry

Notes on Tragedy and a Tragedy

The Poetry of La Fontaine

Victor Hugo, Creator through Form

Victor Hugo's Finest Stanza

An After-Dinner Speech

Spiritual Canticles

Variations on the Eclogues

APPENDIX

Sur la Technique Litteraire

On Literary Technique

Notes

Notes:

First Princeton Paperback printing.

Includes bibliographic references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691611549

0691611548

9780691639543

069163954X

9781400864478

140086447X

OCLC:

889254446