{"product_id":"collected-verse-9780198820321","title":"Collected Verse","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'The wind is rising!... Let us try to live!'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the preeminent intellectuals of modern French culture, Valéry is widely considered one of the country's greatest poets of the twentieth century. Following a flurry of sonnets in his late teens, he abruptly abandoned verse for twenty years. If the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Young Fate\u003c\/em\u003e in 1917 won him immediate and immense acclaim, his status as the outstanding poet of the era was firmly consolidated with the \u003cem\u003eAlbum of Early Verse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCharms\u003c\/em\u003e with its beautiful meditation on mortality, 'The Graveyard by the Sea', considered one of the finest poems in French. A classical voice in an era of avant-garde modernism, Valéry's often sensuous work was inspired by mysticism, myth, the Mediterranean, and above all passionate love. This bilingual edition brings together for the first time the complete verse with many unknown and previously unpublished poems taken from his abundant correspondence, which offers intimate insight into a private side of the writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Val?ry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e is author of \u003cem\u003ePaul Val?ry sous le signe de l'art et des artistes\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and \u003cem\u003ePaul Val?ry et le dessin\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) prefaced by Martine Rouart, Val?ry's granddaughter. He has been a member of the Val?ry group of the ITEM (CNRS-?cole Normale Sup?rieure) for over twenty years and with whom he published six volumes of the series \u003cem\u003ePaul Val?ry Cahiers 1894-1914\u003c\/em\u003e. He also worked as a translator of the series \u003cem\u003ePaul Val?ry Notebooks\u003c\/em\u003e and participated in the digitization of the \u003cem\u003eCahiers\u003c\/em\u003e with the Sorbonne University. He is currently editing the correspondence of Paul Val?ry and his wife Jeannie for publication by Gallimard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892660801810,"sku":"9780198820321","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5119eb6-f193-4eda-90f9-beafe9da67ab.jpg?v=1738200757","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-verse-9780198820321","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}