Collected Verse

This edition of new translations brings together the most extensive collection of Paul Valéry's verse, from the adolescent years marked by mysticism, Mallarmé, and the Symbolist movement, to the three great works of maturity (The Young Fate, Album of Early Verse, and Charms) and later verse.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Notes on the Text and Translation


• Select Bibliography


• A Chronology of Paul Valéry


• Early Poems 1887-1892


• The Young Fate / La Jeune Parque


• Album of Early Verse


• Charms


• Twelve Poems


• Later Occasional Verse


• Quatrains and Dedications of all Periods


• Explanatory Notes


• Index of Titles


• Index of First Lines

About the author

Paul Ryan is author of Paul Valéry sous le signe de l'art et des artistes (2019) and Paul Valéry et le dessin (2007) prefaced by Martine Rouart, Valéry's granddaughter. He has been a member of the Valéry group of the ITEM (CNRS-École Normale Supérieure) for over twenty years and with whom he published six volumes of the series Paul Valéry Cahiers 1894-1914. He also worked as a translator of the series Paul Valéry Notebooks and participated in the digitization of the Cahiers with the Sorbonne University. He is currently editing the correspondence of Paul Valéry and his wife Jeannie for publication by Gallimard.

Summary

This edition of new translations brings together the most extensive collection of Paul Valéry's verse, from the adolescent years marked by mysticism, Mallarmé, and the Symbolist movement, to the three great works of maturity (The Young Fate, Album of Early Verse, and Charms) and later verse.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Valery, Paul Valéry
• Assisted by: Paul Ryan (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9780198820321
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882032-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000