Charms (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Valéry
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Surrealism, Europe or Europeans, Poetry or poets, 1910’s, 1920’s, Symbolism, Signs or symbols
Critical Evaluation:
Paul Valéry came rapidly to enduring prominence in French literature on the strength of his earliest work. His abstract poetry was widely noted for its unusually sensate quality, and he is arguably the most important figure in a transitional period of French poetry, forming a bridge from the prior Symbolist school to the subsequent Surrealist movement. Valéry was notably prolific not only as a poet but also as a philosopher and essayist who earned a firm reputation for dealing with a wide range of subject matter. Politics, science, the arts, and language...
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