The Art of Poetry
By: Paul Valéry
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
All of Valery's major meditations on the theory and practice of poetry are included in this volume.…
Want to Read $ 37.11"Skilled verse is the work of a profound skeptic."-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
"Skilled verse is the work of a profound skeptic."-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
"Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error."-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
"Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error."-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
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4.39
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3. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
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By: Thomas Mann , Michael Cunningham , Michael Henry Heim
3.74
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
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4.07
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4.09
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10. The Art of Poetry
By: Paul Valéry
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
All of Valery's major meditations on the theory and practice of poetry are included in this volume.… read more
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"Skilled verse is the work of a profound skeptic."-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
"Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the …"-Paul Valéry, The Art of Poetry
