For links to information about composers who have set this poem to music, you may consult this link. The University of Newcastle upon Tyne maintains a Paul Valéry Studies website at the following address: http://www.paulvalery.org/ . It includes a chronology, a bibliography, links to online texts, and photos. Biography and Criticism Arnold, James A. Paul Valéry and his critics: a bibliography - French-language criticism 1890-1927. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1970. Crow, Christine M. Paul Valéry and Maxwell's demon: natural order and human possibility. Hull: University of Hull, 1972. --Paul Valéry: consciousness and nature. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1972. --Paul Valery and the poetry of voice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1982. Franklin, Ursula. The broken angel: myth and method in Valéry. Chapel Hill: U.N.C. Department of Romance Languages, 1984. Gifford, Paul. Reading Paul Valéry: universe in mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Grubbs, Henry Alexander. Paul Valéry. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968. Ince, W. N. The poetic theory of Paul Valéry: inspiration and technique. Leicester: Leicester U.P., 1970. Kluback, William. Paul Valéry: a philosopher for philosophers, the sage. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. --Paul Valéry: illusions of civilization. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. --Paul Valery: the statesman of the intellect. New York: Peter Lang, 1999. Lawler, James R. Form and meaning in Valéry's Le cimitiere marin. Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1960. --The poet as analyst: essays on Paul Valéry. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. Mackay, Agnes Ethel. The universal self: a study of Paul Valéry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1961. Nash, Suzanne. Paul Valéry's Album de vers anciens: a past transfigured. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. Putnam, Walter C. Paul Valéry Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995. Stimpson, Brian. Paul Valéry and music: a study of the techniques of composition in Valéry's poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Suckling, Norman. Paul Valéry and the civilized mind. London: Cambridge University Press, 1954. Villani, Sergio. Paul Valéry on war, power, and civilization. Toronto Canadian Scholars' Press, 1991. |