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Paul Val ry (1871-1945) was a poet and essayist, and along with Verlaine and Mallarme is regarded as one of the most important Symbolist writers, and an influence on poets from Eliot to Ashbery. He had a quiet life by many standards, but in one respect it was exemplary, even... Read Full Overview

PAUL VALRY (1871-1945), pote, essayiste et critique littraire franais. Dans sa jeunesse il fut trs fortement influenc par le symbolisme et, particulirement, par Mallarm. En tant que pote il gagne notorit avec La Jeune Parque (1917) et la collection Charmes (1922). Cette dernire... Read Full Overview

La Jeune Parque, (French: "The Young Fate") poem by Paul Val?ry, published in 1917. An enigmatic work noted for both its difficulty and its formal beauty, it presents in 500 lines the musings of Clotho, the youngest of the three Fates, as she stands at the seashore just before... Read Full Overview