Occasions

Valery, Paul

ISBN 10: 0710069189 / ISBN 13: 9780710069184

Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul PLC, 1971

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Dustwrapper slightly shelfworn and price-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Occasions
• Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul PLC
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710069189
• ISBN 13: 9780710069184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

This collection of Valery's occasional pieces speeches, interviews, articles shows him very much as the public figure, the first in demand when an "occasion" needed a prominent person. Included are his speech before the French Academy on his reception into that body; his address welcoming Marshal Petain to membership in the French Academy; a witty and appealing commencement address to the young ladies of a private school; memorial addresses honoring Emile Verhaeren and Henri Bremond; an article on the "Future of Literature," and an incisive piece on the eponymous heroine of Racine's "Phedre."Because Valery spoke on many current educational and social problems in France, "Occasions" will be of considerable interest to students of modern European history as well as to those concerned with French literature and drama.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905."