Plays
The Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 3
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2026
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-0-691-29271-7 (ISBN)
Description
Valery's complete writings for the theater
This volume gathers all of Paul Valery's writings for the theater. It includes My Faust, Valery's last major work, which is composed of two unfinished Faust plays, Luste, or the Crystal Girl and The Only One. Plays also presents three allegorical verse plays that were written for music and performed at the Paris Opera: Amphion and Semiramis, with music by Arthur Honegger; and The Narcissus Cantata, with music by Germaine Tailleferre.
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.
This volume gathers all of Paul Valery's writings for the theater. It includes My Faust, Valery's last major work, which is composed of two unfinished Faust plays, Luste, or the Crystal Girl and The Only One. Plays also presents three allegorical verse plays that were written for music and performed at the Paris Opera: Amphion and Semiramis, with music by Arthur Honegger; and The Narcissus Cantata, with music by Germaine Tailleferre.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-691-29271-7 (9780691292717)
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Schweitzer Classification