Literature

Dialogues: The Collected Works of Paul Val茅ry, Volume 4

    Translated by
  • William McCausland Stewart
    Preface by
  • Wallace Stevens

A collection of Val茅ry鈥檚 dialogues, which are among his most important works of the imagination in prose

Paperback

Price:
$29.95/拢25.00
ISBN:
Published:
Sep 1, 2026
1956
Pages:
232
Size:
5.5 x 8.5 in.

Dialogues came naturally to Paul Val茅ry, providing the common ground between imagination and philosophy that he was always seeking. He called the dialogue 鈥渢he most supple of the forms of expression,鈥 saying that 鈥淚 found I was talking to myself in two voices, and began to write accordingly.鈥 This volume brings together all his formal imaginary dialogues, including two, Eupalinos and Dance and the Soul, which some consider to be the fullest and most characteristic expression of his genius.

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.