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Book SynopsisValery's essays on Leonardo, Poe, Mallarme, and with these the "Teste Cycle," were that part of his work most central to his thought. The extensive selection included from his Notebooks is evidence of his enduring interest in these figures. The essays are, in fact, the only work with marginal glosses, Valery's notations showing how he went back, am
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*Introduction to the Method of Leonardo da Vinci [1894], pg. 3*Note and Digression [1919], pg. 64*Leonardo and the Philosophers [1929], pg. 110*On Poe' s Eureka, pg. 161*Some Fragments from Poe's Marginalia, pg. 177*The Place of Baudelaire, pg. 193*The Existence of Symbolism, pg. 215*Letter about Mallarme, pg. 240*Stephane Mallarme, pg. 254*I Would Sometimes Say to Stephane Mallarme..., pg. 272*Mallarme, pg. 294*A Kind of Preface, pg. 299*Concerning A Throw of the Dice, pg. 307*Literary Reminiscences, pg. 317*Last Visit to Mallarme, pg. 325*Stephane Mallarme, pg. 329*FROM THE NOTEBOOKS, pg. 333*SELECTED LETTERS, pg. 399*NOTES, pg. 431*INDEX, pg. 451
