Moi

A collection of Valery's autobiographical writings

Moi presents a selection of Paul Valery's writings that portray his inner life as an artist. Included are several short autobiographical pieces in which Valery talks about his early childhood, his adolescence, his military experience, his travels, his poetry, and his acquaintances. The volume also contains selections from the Valery-Gide and Valery-Fourment correspondence, an interview with Valery entitled "The Avenues of the Mind," and Pierre Feline's "Memories of Paul Valery."

The Collected Works of Paul Valery, the first collected edition of the writer in English, features new translations, the original French on facing pages for poetic works, and editorial notes.