Paul Valery
French symbolist poet and polymath whose La Jeune Parque and Le Cimetiere Marin are among the most technically accomplished poems in the French language. After a twenty-year silence he returned to poetry with a new rigor.
Works
- La Jeune ParqueComplex lyric poem depicting a young woman's consciousness and self-awareness
- CharmesRefined poetic works exploring consciousness, form, and intellectual beauty
- Le Cimetiere MarinMeditation on death and mortal existence beside Mediterranean cemetery
- Monsieur TesteProse narrative depicting an intellectual mind and abstract consciousness
- Introduction to the Method of Leonardo da VinciEssay on creative method, intelligence, and artistic discipline