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Paris Spleen (New Directions Paperbook, 294)

by Charles Baudelaire

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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 and 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 format 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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One of the founding texts of literary modernism.
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Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) 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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780811200073
Translator:
Varese, Louise
Author:
Varese, Louise
Author:
Baudelaire, Charles
Author:
Baudelaire, Charles P.
Publisher:
New Directions
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
Continental european
Subject:
European - French
Subject:
Translations into english
Subject:
Paris (france)
Subject:
Prose poems, French.
Subject:
Single Author - Continental European
Subject:
Anthologies-Miscellaneous International Poetry
Copyright:
1970
Series:
New Directions Paperbook, 294
Series Volume:
294
Publication Date:
January 1970
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
118
Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.4 in 0.32 lb
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