A collection of Valéry writings on politics and international affairs <p/>Paul Valéry was deeply interested in politics and actively involved in international affairs as a spokesperson for the League of Nations and as France's representative to two of the League's bodies--the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation and the Permanent Committee on Arts and Letters. This volume presents some sixty of Valéry's essays, addresses, and other writings--spanning from 1895 to 1945--in which he describes his political ideas and concerns. <p/>The 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.
