Les Fleurs du Mal
Baudelaire's masterpiece. According to Wikpedia: "Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867) was a nineteenth century French poet, critic and translator. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Baudelaire's name has become a byword for literary and artistic decadence. At the same...
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Baudelaire's masterpiece. According to Wikpedia: "Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867) was a nineteenth century French poet, critic and translator. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Baudelaire's name has become a byword for literary and artistic decadence. At the same time his works, in particular his book of poetry Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), have been acknowledged as classics of French literature."
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940000778647 (0000778648)
Publish date: February 1st 2009
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Art,
19th Century,
Poetry,
France,
French Literature,
Gothic
Series:
The Flowers of Evil is and always has been a notorious book. The easiest way to describe it is as transgressive poetry. Baudelaire is in no way revolutionary or even innovative as to form. He uses traditional poetical forms and his poems are complete with classical illusions. Nor is his subject ...
SpleenQuand le ciel bas et lourd pèse comme un couvercleSur l'esprit gémissant en proie aux longs ennuis,Et que de l'horizon embrassant tout le cercleII nous verse un jour noir plus triste que les nuits;Quand la terre est changée en un cachot humide,Où l'Espérance, comme une chauve-souris,S'en va ba...
Somehow I found this annoying, and egotistical! par example: from L'AlbatrosLe Poète est semblable au prince des nuéesQui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer;Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées,Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher.The poet is like this prince of the skiesWho haunts the te...
It is rare that I ever sit down and devour a whole book of poetry in a matter of day, if I remember correctly the last book I did that with was Edgar Allen Poe years ago. My first time hearing Baudelaire’s name was from the lead singer of my favorite band, he even has a song that refers to Baudelair...
It is rare that I ever sit down and devour a whole book of poetry in a matter of day, if I remember correctly the last book I did that with was Edgar Allen Poe years ago. My first time hearing Baudelaire’s name was from the lead singer of my favorite band, he even has a song that refers to Baudelair...
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