| Selected Poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal Contributor(s): Baudelaire, Charles (Author), Owen, Jan (Translator), Lloyd, Rosemary (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1908376406 ISBN-13: 9781908376404 Publisher: ARC Publications OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - French |
| Dewey: 841.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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'. |