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Aesthetics: The Collected Works of Paul Val茅ry, Volume 13

    Translated by
  • Ralph Manheim
    Introduction by
  • Herbert Read

A collection of Val茅ry鈥檚 writings on the making of 鈥渨orks of the mind鈥濃�攊n art, philosophy, history, and science

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Price:
$85.00/拢70.00
ISBN:
Published:
Sep 1, 2026
Copyright:
1964
Pages:
328
Size:
5.5 x 8.5 in.

For Paul Val茅ry, art consisted of all that the mind makes for its own pleasure and use, not only works of art in the usual sense but also philosophy, history, and the pure sciences鈥攊n his words, all the 鈥渨orks of the mind.鈥� This volume presents the opening lecture of his 鈥淐ourse in Poetics鈥� at the Coll猫ge de France, along with other lectures, essays, and writings on aesthetics.

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