Plays by Paul Valéry

Plays by Paul Valéry

Valéry’s complete writings for the theater

This volume gathers all of Paul Valéry’s writings for the theater. It includes My Faust, Valéry’s last major work, which is composed of two unfinished Faust plays, Luste, or the Crystal Girl and The Only One. Plays also presents three allegorical verse plays that were written for music and performed at the Paris Opera: Amphion and Semiramis, with music by Arthur Honegger; and The Narcissus Cantata, with music by Germaine Tailleferre.

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

Paul Valéry (1871–1945) was a French poet, essayist, and critic and a major figure in twentieth-century literature. In addition to his poetry, his best-known works include the novel Monsieur Teste and his posthumously published Notebooks.

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ISBN 13	9780691292717
ISBN 10	069129271X
Title	Plays
Author	Paul Valry
Series	Bollingen Recollections
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2026-09-08
Number of pages	408
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