Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du mal Paperback / softback
by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
Part of the Arc Classic Translations series
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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.
Here we find poems about love (and love-hate), birds and beasts, Paris scenes and street people; about spiritual revolt, wine, death, travel and far-away places.
The poet's voice is by turns ironical, angry and compassionate, his words charged with anguish, desire and rapture.
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'.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Arc Publications
- Publication Date:26/06/2015
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- ISBN:9781908376404
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Arc Publications
- Publication Date:26/06/2015
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- ISBN:9781908376404
