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Flowers of Evil

Charles Baudelaire

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

FLOWERS OF EVIL

Poems translated by Cyril Scott

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a celebrated 19th century French poet, author of the famous Flowers of Evil poetic sequence, first published in 1857. Baudelaire is a poet's poet par excellence, a brilliant craftsman who produced some of the finest poems in the French language. Baudelaire was known as a dandy who led a bohemian lifestyle; he knew many of the artists of the era (Manet, Nadar, Delacroix, and Gautier). Baudelaire's influence on subsequent poets and artists has been immense.

This edition of Flowers of Evil features translations by Cyril Scott and a note on Baudelaire, including poems such as 'The Balcony', 'Correspondences, ''Hymn To Beauty', 'Spleen', and 'Music'.

Illustrated. 160 pages. Paperback, with a full colour cover.

With the French text of Baudelaire's poetry.

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Book Details

  • Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
  • Publish Date: Apr 10th, 2023
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: First Reprint - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.34in - 0.51lb
  • EAN: 9781861719010
  • Categories: European - GeneralPoetry

About the Author

Robinson, Jeremy Mark: - "Jeremy Robinson has published poetry, fiction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, André Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Books on film and animation include: The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki - Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide - Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide - Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide - Pasolini: Il cinema di Poesia/ The Cinema of Poetry - The Art of Masamune Shirow (3 volumes) - The Ghost In the Shell Book (2 volumes) - Fullmetal Alchemist - Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick - Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide - The Cinema of Donald Cammell - Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide - Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover - Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide - Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide - The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide - Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams - The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide - The Lord of the Rings Movies - The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide - The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide - The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide - Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema - The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky - Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide."