Valéry

[ va-ley-ree ]

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Valéry

/ valeri /

ValéryPaul18711945MFrenchWRITING: poetWRITING: essayist Paul (pɔl). 1871–1945, French poet and essayist, influenced by the symbolists, esp Mallarmé. He wrote lyric poetry, rich in imagery, as in La Jeune Parque (1917) and Album de vers anciens 1890–1900 (1920)

Little wonder poet Paul Valéry described the sea as his lover: “In it, I am the man I want to be.”

He received his formal education at the Lycée Condorcet (a school attended before him by Cocteau, Proust, and Valéry).

Valéry represents “the complete opposite” of the type of criticism that is based on “the man” as the explanation of “the work.”

Why they are but one quarter of the height of those of St. Valéry that I saw from the cabin window last night.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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