{"product_id":"poems-in-the-rough-paul-valzsry-9780691292632","title":"Poems in the Rough: The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of Valéry's prose poems\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Valéry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691292639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691292632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Paul Valéry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997588467967,"sku":"9780691292632","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-in-the-rough-paul-valzsry-9780691292632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}