Letters

by Saint-John Perse, Arthur J. Knodel (Translator)

Overview

Presented here in English translation are letters selected for publication by the poet himself, shortly before his death, from his wide correspondence with famous writers and public figures such as W. H. Auden, Francis and Katherine Biddle, Paul Claudel, Joseph Conrad, E. E. Cummings, Mina Curtiss, T. S. Eliot, André Gide, Dag Hammarskjöld, Archibald MacLeish, Jean Paulhan, Jacques Riviére, Igor Stravinsky, Allen Tate, and Paul Valéry.

Originally published in 1979.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691642642
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Works by St.-John Perse , #692
Pages:	756
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.20(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• Introduction, pg. viii
• Chronology And Abbreviations, pg. xxiii
• List Of Illustrations, pg. xxv
• LETTERS TO GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE MONOD (1906-1911), pg. 3
• LETTERS TO JACQUES RIVIÈRE (1909-1922), pg. 37
• LETTERS TO ALAIN-FOURNIER (1911-1912), pg. 113
• LETTERS TO PAUL CLAUDEL (1906-1914), pg. 115
• LETTERS TO GABRIEL FRIZEAU (1907-1909), pg. 139
• LETTERS TO FRANCIS JAMMES (1906-1912), pg. 179
• LETTERS TO ANDRÉ GIDE (1910-1914), pg. 192
• LETTERS TO VALERY LARBAUD (1911-1925), pg. 222
• LETTER TO GASTON GALLIMARD (1924), pg. 251
• LETTER TO PHILIPPE BERTHELOT, pg. 255
• LETTERS TO ALEXANDRE CONTY, pg. 265
• LETTERS TO PAUL VALÉRY, pg. 277
• LETTER TO DOCTOR BUSSIÈRE, pg. 282
• LETTER TO JULES DAMOUR, pg. 284
• LETTERS TO MADAME AMÉDÉE SAINT-LEGER LEGER (1917-1921), pg. 290
• LETTER TO JOSEPH CONRAD, pg. 364
• LETTER TO A EUROPEAN LADY, pg. 371
• LETTER TO GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE MONOD, pg. 375
• LETTER TO JACQUES RIVIÈRE, pg. 376
• LETTER TO GUSTAVE-CHARLES TOUSSAINT, pg. 377
• LETTER TO ANDRÉ GIDE, pg. 382
• LETTERS TO MRS. FRANCIS BIDDLE (1940-1957), pg. 387
• LETTERS TO FRANCIS BIDDLE (1942-1965), pg. 429
• LETTERS TO MRS. ROBERT WOODS BLISS (1948-1953), pg. 440
• LETTERS TO ARCHIBALD MACLEISH (1940-1960), pg. 444
• LETTERS TO ROGER CAILLOIS (1942-1955), pg. 479
• LETTERS TO ALLEN TATE (1944-1960), pg. 507
• LETTERS TO MAX-POL FOUCHET (1947-1948), pg. 527
• LETTERS TO LOUIS-MARCEL RAYMOND (1947-1966), pg. 537
• LETTERS TO ADRIENNE MONNIER (1948), pg. 544
• LETTERS TO ANDRÉ GIDE (1948-1949), pg. 551
• LETTERS TO PAUL CLAUDEL (1948-1950), pg. 569
• LETTER TO JULES SUPERVIELLE (1949), pg. 581
• LETTERS TO JEAN PAULHAN (1949-1966), pg. 583
• LETTERS TO G.-JEAN AUBRY (1949), pg. 603
• LETTERS TO Τ. S. ELIOT (1949-1958), pg. 609
• LETTER TO Ε. Ε. CUMMINGS (1949), pg. 615
• LETTERS TO W. H. AUDEN (1949-1958), pg. 617
• LETTERS TO MRS. HENRY TOMLINSON CURTISS (ΜΙΝΑ CURTISS) (1951-1959), pg. 619
• LETTERS TO ALAIN BOSQUET (1951-1955), pg. 650
• LETTERS TO PIERRE GUERRE (1956-1964), pg. 658
• LETTER TO HENRI PEYRE (!956), pg. 660
• LETTER TO MONSIEUR HUGUES LE GALLAIS (I957), pg. 662
• LETTERS TO DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD (1958-1960), pg. 666
• LETTER FOR MARK VAN DOREN (!959), pg. 671
• LETTER TO ANDRÉ ROUSSEAUX (»959), pg. 673
• LETTER TO MARIA MARTINS (1960), pg. 674
• LETTER TO JUAN JOSÉ CASTRO (1960), pg. 677
• LETTER TO MADAME KUMAR NEHRU (1961), pg. 679
• LETTERS TO IGOR STRAVINSKY (1958-1962), pg. 680
• INDEX, pg. 683