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La Jeune Parque
Paul Valéry
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Description for La Jeune Parque
Paperback. Translator(s): Elliot, Alistair. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
Paul Valery (1871-1945) was a poet and essayist, and along with Verlaine and Mallarme is regarded as one of the most important Symbolist writers, and an influence on poets from Eliot to Ashbery. He had a quiet life by many standards, but in one respect it was exemplary, even legendary; he made an early reputation in little magazines, decided to stop writing verse when still only 20, kept his silence for 20 years, then began again; and his first book of verse, published when he was 45, was his masterpiece La Jeune Parque.'A poem should not mean, but be,' said ... Read more
Paul Valery (1871-1945) was a poet and essayist, and along with Verlaine and Mallarme is regarded as one of the most important Symbolist writers, and an influence on poets from Eliot to Ashbery. He had a quiet life by many standards, but in one respect it was exemplary, even legendary; he made an early reputation in little magazines, decided to stop writing verse when still only 20, kept his silence for 20 years, then began again; and his first book of verse, published when he was 45, was his masterpiece La Jeune Parque.'A poem should not mean, but be,' said ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852243876
SKU
V9781852243876
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Reviews for La Jeune Parque
One of the finest attempts at absolute poetry this translation, with an introduction and extensive notes, provides a fine introduction to this most difficult of French poets.
Justin Quinn
The Honest Ulsterman
Justin Quinn
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