In this Book
- Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 8: Leonardo, Poe, Mallarme
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Valéry's essays on Leonardo, Poe, Mallarmé, and with these the "Teste Cycle," were that part of his work most central to his thought. The extensive selection included from his Notebooks is evidence of his enduring interest in these figures. The essays are, in fact, the only work with marginal glosses, Valéry's notations showing how he went back, amending and amplifying his original ideas.
Originally published in 1972.
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Table of Contents
- Leonardo
- Note and Digression
- pp. 64-109
- Leonardo and the Philosophers
- pp. 110-158
- Poe
- On Poes Eureka
- pp. 161-176
- Some Fragments from Poe's Marginalia
- pp. 177-192
- The Place of Baudelaire
- pp. 193-212
- Mallarmé
- The Existence of Symbolism
- pp. 215-239
- Letter about Mallarmé
- pp. 240-253
- Stephane Mallarmé
- pp. 254-271
- I Would Sometimes Say to Stéphane Mallarmé
- pp. 272-293
- A Kind of Prefacc
- pp. 299-306
- Concerning A Throw of the Dice
- pp. 307-316
- Literary Reminiscences
- pp. 317-324
- Last Visit to Mallarmé
- pp. 325-328
- Stephane Mallarmé
- pp. 329-332
- From the Notebooks
- Selected Letters
- II. Letters to and about Mallarmé
- pp. 406-430