Full Description
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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*Inscriptions for the Palais de Chaillot, pg. vi*Introduction. Paul Valery: Sportsman and Barbarian, pg. ix*Reception Address to die Frencli Academy, pg. 3*In Honor of Emile Verhaeren, pg. 38*Reply to Marshal Petain's Reception Address to die French Academy, pg. 47*Commencement Address to the Legion of Honor's School for Girls at Saint-Denis, pg. 84*On Henri Bremond, pg. 94*Report on the Montyon Awards for Virtue, pg. 102*Address to the Congress of Surgeons, pg. 129*The Future of Literature, pg. 151*The Centenary of Photography, pg. 158*A Personal View of Science, pg. 168*My Theaters, pg. 180*On Phedre as a Woman, pg. 185*At The Lamoureux Concert in 1893, pg. 196*On Suicide, pg. 202*Music Hall Poets, pg. 206*Pure Intellect, pg. 210*NOTES, pg. 219*INDEX, pg. 241
