Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

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Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

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Summary

Published posthumously in 1869, Paris Spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry.

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Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of the terrain Baudelaire had covered in his verse masterpiece, The Flowers of Evil: the city with all its squalor and inequalities, the pressures of time and mortality, and the liberation provided by the sensual delights of intoxication, art and women. Published posthumously in 1869, Paris Spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry – a form which Baudelaire saw as particularly suited for expressing the feelings of uncertainty, flux and freedom of his age – and one of the founding texts of literary Modernism.

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Sorrell has often dared to mirror more exactly than most previous translators Baudelaire's elaborate syntax. He has a point here, and his accurate versions give the reader a heady experience of the originals. * TLS *
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.
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ISBN 13 9781847494931
ISBN 10 1847494935
Title Paris Spleen
Author Charles Baudelaire
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Year published 2021-04-09
Number of pages 160
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