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1) The flowers of evil

Author

Baudelaire, Charles

Series

Oxford world's classics
Mint Editions
A New Directions paperbook

Lexile measure

1330L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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Contains the most extraordinary body of love poetry. Includes parallel French text.

2) The flowers of Evil and Paris Spleen: poems

Author

Baudelaire, Charles

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a month of its publication the French authorities brought an action against the author and the book's publisher claiming that the work was an insult to public decency. Eventually the French courts would acknowledge the literary merit of Baudelaire's work but ordered that six poems in particular should be banned...

3) Baudelaire on Poe: critical papers

Author

Baudelaire, Charles

Language

English

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Renowned poet Charles Baudelaire played a significant role in introducing Edgar Allan Poe to French readers by publishing widely read criticisms and translations of Poe's writings. The two writers shared an appreciation for the exotic, a taste for morbid subjects, and a devotion to artistic purity. Baudelaire immersed himself in the study of English for the express purpose of doing justice to Poe's works, and his translations established his reputation...