The Art of Poetry / / 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 tech...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1985
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 352
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Physical Description:1 online resource (372 p.)
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Table of 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