The Art of Poetry / / Paul Valéry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Valéry, Paul,
• TeilnehmendeR: Folliot, Denise.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 352
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400864478; 9783110413441; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400864478
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paul Valéry.

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.