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ValÉry, Paul - pōl välārēˈ, 1871–1945, French poet and critic. A follower of the symbolists, Valéry was one of the greatest French poets of the 20th cent. He was encouraged by Pierry Loüys and by Mallarmé to publish a few poems in several small reviews, but he soon turned from poetry to prose with La Soirée avec M

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The Universal Self: A Study of Paul Valery (1961) » Read Now
by Agnes Ethel Mackay. 268 pgs.

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...UNIVERSAL SELF A Study of Paul Valery by AGNES ETHEL MACKAY...subject for critical research than Paul Valery, and no country presents a more...publication is the...
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Paul Valery and the Civilized Mind (1954) » Read Now
by Norman Suckling. 290 pgs.

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...-i- -ii- PAUL VALERY AND THE CIVILIZED MIND BY NORMAN...in general: Il nous faut prendre Paul Valery comme illustration . . . de ce privilege...3 Roger Lannes, Appel a...
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Four Critics: Croce, Valery, Lukacs, and Ingarden » Read Now
by Rene Wellek. 92 pgs.

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A Guide to Contemporary French Literature: From Valery to Sartre (Chap. One "Valery: The Intellectual Quest") » Read Now
by Wallace Fowlie. 320 pgs.

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...The recent death in Paris of Paul Valery July 1945, became an event of national...the homage which France paid to Paul Valery, the dignity of the literary mind...already...
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Literary Polemics: Bataille, Sartre, Valery, Breton » Read Now
by Suzanne Guerlac. 302 pgs.

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During the 1960s and 1970s, the eruption of theory was presented as an epistemic break, reorganizing the field of questioning both prospectively and retrospectively. In the forefront of this new movement was the influential journal Tel Quel, which both canonized a body of preferred avant-garde texts...
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During the 1960s and 1970s, the eruption of theory was presented as an epistemic break, reorganizing the field of questioning both prospectively and retrospectively. In the forefront of this new movement was the influential journal Tel Quel, which both canonized a body of preferred avant-garde texts (both literary and theoretical) and nullified prominent figures from preceding generations. In a broad remapping of French modernism, this book shows how the milieu of Tel Quel transferred myths of the powers of literature inherited from Bataille, Sartre, Valery, and Breton to theory, in the process erasing the traces of these myths and their common ground.
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From Theory to Practice: A Musical Reading of Valery's "Profusion du Soir," in The Romanic Review » Read Now
by Lisa Goldfarb. 21 pgs.

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...of times passing moments. (1.) Paul Valery, "Ego Scriptor" Cahiers I, (Paris...2.) Francis Scarfe, The Art of Paul Valery. A Study in Dramatic Monologue...p.161. (3.)...
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Dancing under Their Own Gaze: Mallarme, Jarry and Valery, in Journal of European Studies » Read Now
by Jill Fell. 22 pgs.

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A Reader's Guide to Fifty Modern European Poets ("Paul Valery (1871-1945)" begins on p. 80) » Read Now
by John Pilling. 479 pgs.

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...Morgenstern 73 Paul Valery 80 Hugo von Hofmannsthal...to adopt a similar stance, like Paul Valery, his most devoted and most gifted...drama or in a piece of music. Paul...
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The Heritage of Symbolism (1943) (Chap. II "Paul Valery 1871-") » Read Now
by C. M. Bowra. 234 pgs.

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...INTRODUCTION 1 II. PAUL VALERY 17 III. RAINER...difficulties and saw their meaning, -- Paul Valery. They had, we may admit, a positive...won a permanent place. II PAUL...
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Baudelaire and the Aesthetics of Bad Faith (Chap. One "The Two Baudelaires: Valery's Canonization of 'Les Fleurs du Mal'") » Read Now
by Susan Blood. 212 pgs.

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This study of Baudelaire's canonisation in the critical debates of the 20th century focuses particularly on his role in the development of a modernist consciousness. Baudelaire's poetry is examined in detail.
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The Celestial Twins: Poetry and Music through the Ages (Discussion of Paul Valery begins on p. 274) » Read Now
by H. T. Kirby-Smith. 328 pgs.

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"All art constantly aspires toward the condition of music, " wrote Walter Pater. The Celestial Twins, while recognizing many affinities between music and poetry, argues that poetry in Western culture has repeatedly separated itself from musical contexts and that the best poetry is a purely verbal...
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"All art constantly aspires toward the condition of music, " wrote Walter Pater. The Celestial Twins, while recognizing many affinities between music and poetry, argues that poetry in Western culture has repeatedly separated itself from musical contexts and that the best poetry is a purely verbal art.
H. T. Kirby-Smith makes his case with wit and erudition, proceeding chronologically and citing numerous examples of specific poems -- from Latin, Old French, Italian, Anglo-Saxon, modern French, and English. He points out that ancient Greek poetry, including the epics, was part of a musical context. By contrast, almost no surviving Latin poetry was written for musical performance, but the meters of Latin poetry were borrowed from Greek musical meters. Similarly, in their own ways, Thomas Hardy, T. S. Eliot, and Langston Hughes all wrote out of musical contexts: Hardy from west-of-England songs and dances; Eliot from Wagnerian opera and late Beethoven chamber music; and Hughes from blues, jazz, andspirituals.
Although poets from Horace to Shakespeare to Dickinson have instinctively recognized the separation of music and poetry, there have also been well-meaning attempts to bring these allied arts back into close association with each other. But in Kirby-Smith's view, poetry of the highest order has always maintained a respectful distance from music, even while retaining some memory of musical rhythms and organization.
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Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews, 1958-1961 (Discussion of Paul Valery begins on p. 50) » Read Now
by Frank Kermode. 234 pgs.

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...45 VI SECOND NATURE Paul Valery 50 VII EDMUND WILSON...left ovary. In 1887 he wrote, with Paul Richer, a book called Les Demoniaques...in his pamphlet on the dialogue Paul...