The Idea of Perfection: The Prose and Poetry of Paul Valéry, translated by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody (image courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In his 1919 essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” ...
Upon the publication of an English-language version of Paul Valéry’s Cahiers/Notebooks. The name Paul Valéry carries its own music. For those who know something of what lies behind it, the music ...
Quote of the Day by Paul Valery: French poet and critic Paul Valery in his quote said the best way to make your dreams come ...