Paul Gifford / Brian Stimpson (eds.)

Reading Paul Valery

Universe in Mind
Herausgeber: Gifford, Paul; Stimpson, Brian; Sheringham, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1999, this was the first comprehensive account of the work of the French modernist writer Paul Valery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780521584944
• ISBN-10: 0521584949
• Artikelnr.: 29425723

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Self-Science: 1. Towards a biography of the mind Ned Bastet
2. Thinking-writing games of the Cahiers Paul Gifford
3. Paradigms of the self: Valéry's mythical models Robert Pickering
4. The fascination of science Judith Robinson-Valéry
5. An art of rethinking: Valéry's 'negative philosophy' Régine Pietra
Part II. Self-Writings: 6. The poetics of practice and theory M. Jarrety
7. 'Esprit, Attente, pur, éternel suspens ... ' Valéry's prose poetry Stephen Romer
8. The Dialogues and Mon Faust: Valéry's republic of the mind William Marx
9. Counter-fiction Brian Stimpson
10. Major poems: the voice of the subject J.-M. Maulpoix
11. Other voices: intertextuality and the art of pure poetry Suzanne Nash
12. Manuscript steps: 'Les Pas' Florence de Lussy
Part III. Body, Mind, World: 13. An aesthetics of the subject: music and the visual arts Brian Stimpson
14. Politics, history and the modern world Nicole Celeyrette-Pietri
15. Valéry and the feminine Kirsteen Anderson
16. Dream and the unconscious Malcolm Bowie
17. Self and other: Valéry's 'lost object of desire' Paul Gifford
Conclusion.