{"product_id":"reading-paul-valery-universe-in-mind-hardback-9780521584944","title":"Reading Paul Valéry; Universe in Mind (Hardback) 9780521584944","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Paul Valéry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUniverse in Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1999, this was the first comprehensive account of the work of the French modernist writer Paul Valéry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Gifford (Edited by), Brian Stimpson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521584944, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaul Valéry's work is a unique odyssey in the universe of ideas and mental forms. The most recently acknowledged - and the most private - of the masters of modernity, Valéry is perhaps the most radical and wide-ranging. He navigates freely within the mental galaxies known to scientists, poets, literary theorists, musicians, philosophers, historicans and social anthropologists, always concerned to explore the potential and limits of the human mind. Originally published in 1999, the present volume of essays by internationally recognised scholars offered the first comprehensive account of Valéry's work in English or French. It provided a series of readings bringing into focus the deeper coherence that animates what Valéry called his 'unitary mind in a thousand pieces', and offered perspectives on the immense range of his experimental and fragmentary writings. This book moved forward the frontiers of our understanding of Valéry's work, and substantially altered the way in which he was perceived.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Self-Science: 1. Towards a biography of the mind Ned Bastet\u003cbr\u003e 2. Thinking-writing games of the Cahiers Paul Gifford\u003cbr\u003e 3. Paradigms of the self: Valéry's mythical models Robert Pickering\u003cbr\u003e 4. The fascination of science Judith Robinson-Valéry\u003cbr\u003e 5. An art of rethinking: Valéry's 'negative philosophy' Régine Pietra\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Self-Writings: 6. The poetics of practice and theory M. Jarrety\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Esprit, Attente, pur, éternel suspens … ' Valéry's prose poetry Stephen Romer\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Dialogues and Mon Faust: Valéry's republic of the mind William Marx\u003cbr\u003e 9. Counter-fiction Brian Stimpson\u003cbr\u003e 10. Major poems: the voice of the subject J.-M. Maulpoix\u003cbr\u003e 11. Other voices: intertextuality and the art of pure poetry Suzanne Nash\u003cbr\u003e 12. Manuscript steps: 'Les Pas' Florence de Lussy\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Body, Mind, World: 13. An aesthetics of the subject: music and the visual arts Brian Stimpson\u003cbr\u003e 14. Politics, history and the modern world Nicole Celeyrette-Pietri\u003cbr\u003e 15. Valéry and the feminine Kirsteen Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Dream and the unconscious Malcolm Bowie\u003cbr\u003e 17. Self and other: Valéry's 'lost object of desire' Paul Gifford\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066016813336,"sku":"9780521584944","price":99.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521584944i.jpg?v=1691408860","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-paul-valery-universe-in-mind-hardback-9780521584944","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}