Selected Poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal

by Charles Baudelaire

2021-06-04 16:25:24

The poems of The Flowers of Evil were written in Paris at a time of revolution and accelerating change - the beginning of mass culture, the rise of consumerism and the middle-class, the radical redevelopment of the city by Haussmann - and they provid... Read more
The poems of The Flowers of Evil were written in Paris at a time of revolution and accelerating change - the beginning of mass culture, the rise of consumerism and the middle-class, the radical redevelopment of the city by Haussmann - and they provide many parallels with the malaise and uncertainties of contemporary capitalist societies. Jan Owen''s masterly translation captures all of this in a selection that includes many of Baudelaire''s best known poems - including those banned from 1857 edition - as well as some less familiar ones, with the volume leading up to his great long poem, ''The Voyage'', and finishing with the much-loved sonnet ''Meditation''. Less

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ISBN9781908376404
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 Aug 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work...

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