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The Flowers of Evil (French Edition)
Charles Baudelaire
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Description for The Flowers of Evil (French Edition)
Paperback. Brand-new translation by acclaimed translator Anthony Mortimer here presented in a dual language edition. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century. Torn between intense sensuality and profound spiritual yearning, racked by debt and disease, Baudelaire transformed his own experience of Parisian life into a work of universal significance. With his unflinching examination of the dark aspects and unconventional manifestations of sexuality, his pioneering portrayal of life in agreat metropolis and his daring combination of the lyrical and the prosaic, Baudelaire inaugurated a new epoch in poetry and created a founding text of modernism.Anthony ... Read more
Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century. Torn between intense sensuality and profound spiritual yearning, racked by debt and disease, Baudelaire transformed his own experience of Parisian life into a work of universal significance. With his unflinching examination of the dark aspects and unconventional manifestations of sexuality, his pioneering portrayal of life in agreat metropolis and his daring combination of the lyrical and the prosaic, Baudelaire inaugurated a new epoch in poetry and created a founding text of modernism.Anthony ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Alma Classics
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847495747
SKU
V9781847495747
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-16
About Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) is most famous for his groundbreaking collection of verse The Flowers of Evil,but his essays, translations and prose poems have been equally influential.
Reviews for The Flowers of Evil (French Edition)
Need I tell you that in this terrible book I have put all my heart, all my tenderness, all my religion (disguised), all my hatred? It is true that I shall write the opposite, that I shall swear by all the gods that it is a work of pure art, of mimicry, of mere dexterity - and I shall be ... Read more