{"product_id":"valery-paul-poems-in-tpb","title":"[09\/01\/26] Valéry, Paul: Poems in the Rough","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton University Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Hilary Corke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of Valéry's prose poems\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaul Valéry began writing poems in various forms of prose and free verse as early as 1892, with \u003ci\u003ePure Dramas\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued to do so throughout his life, even during his so-called period of silence, when he had given up writing formal verse. This volume of Valéry's prose poems includes some of his finest strokes of imagination ( \u003ci\u003eBroken Stories\u003c\/i\u003e), some of his wittiest observations ( \u003ci\u003eMixtures \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePoems in the Rough\u003c\/i\u003e), and even some of his greatest poems ( \u003ci\u003eParables \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Angel\u003c\/i\u003e), revealing that he was a master not only of traditional verse forms but of the modern prose poem.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118183473175,"sku":"9780691292632","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71NW8B0ZZcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780529437","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/valery-paul-poems-in-tpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}