A selection of writings that portray the inner life of the artist.
Included are several short autobiographical pieces in which Valéry talks
about his early childhood, his adolescence, his military experience, his
travels, his poetry, and his acquaintances. The volume contains
selections from the Valéry-Gide and Valéry-Fourment correspondence and
two additional pieces, "The Avenues of the Mind," a magazine interview
with Valéry printed in 1927, and Pierre Feline's "Memories of Paul
Valéry."
Originally published in 1975.
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