Cahiers / Notebooks 2
Editor in Chief: Brian Stimpson- Associate Editors: Paul Gifford and Robert Pickering- Translated by Rachel Killick, Robert Pickering, Norma Rinsler, Stephen Romer and Brian Stimpson
1st Edition
Published on 22. June 2001
Book
Hardback
596 pages
978-3-631-36763-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Cahiers/Notebooks of Paul Valéry are a unique form of writing. They reveal Valéry as one of the most radical and creative minds of the twentieth century, encompassing a wide range of investigation into all spheres of human activity. His work explores the arts, the sciences, philosophy, history and politics, investigating linguistic, psychological and social issues, all linked to the central questions, relentlessly posed: 'what is the human mind and how does it work?', 'what is the potential of thought and what are its limits?'
But we encounter here too, Valéry the writer: exploratory, fragmentary texts undermine the boundaries between analysis and creativity, between theory and practice. Neither journal nor diary, eluding the traditional genres of writing, the Notebooks offer lyrical passages, writing of extreme beauty, prose poems of extraordinary descriptive power alongside theoretical considerations of poetics, ironic aphorisms and the most abstract kind of analysis. The concerns and the insights that occupied Valéry's inner voyages over more than 50 years remain as relevant as ever for the contemporary reader: for the Self that is his principal subject is at once singular and universal.
But we encounter here too, Valéry the writer: exploratory, fragmentary texts undermine the boundaries between analysis and creativity, between theory and practice. Neither journal nor diary, eluding the traditional genres of writing, the Notebooks offer lyrical passages, writing of extreme beauty, prose poems of extraordinary descriptive power alongside theoretical considerations of poetics, ironic aphorisms and the most abstract kind of analysis. The concerns and the insights that occupied Valéry's inner voyages over more than 50 years remain as relevant as ever for the contemporary reader: for the Self that is his principal subject is at once singular and universal.
Reviews / Votes
«Editing the 'Cahiers' is a monumental undertaking, and Brian Stimpson, Paul Gifford, and Robert Pickering have acquitted themselves honorably. The first two volumes of the projected series give every indication of meticulous research and scholarship. The books are handsome; the typeface is delicate but readable; and the endnotes are what endnotes are supposed to be: enlightening addenda served up in pithy, eloquent prose.» (Arthur Krystal, Harper's Magazine)More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
figures
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1059 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-36763-6 (9783631367636)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
The Editors: Brian Stimpson is Professor of Twentieth-Century French Literature at the University of Surrey Roehampton.
Paul Gifford is Buchanan Professor of French at the University of St Andrews.
Robert Pickering is Professor of French Literature at the Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand.
Brian Stimpson, Paul Gifford and Robert Pickering have published a number of books about Paul Valéry.
Paul Gifford is Buchanan Professor of French at the University of St Andrews.
Robert Pickering is Professor of French Literature at the Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand.
Brian Stimpson, Paul Gifford and Robert Pickering have published a number of books about Paul Valéry.
Content
Contents: Art and Aesthetics - Poietics - Poetry - Literature - Poems and short abstract poems - Subjects - Ego scriptor.