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 ...
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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 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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Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo,
CARMARTHESHIRE,
UNITED KINGDOM
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Reader copy. Ex library rebound hardback, no DJ (officially withdrawn); usual stamps/markings. Published in 1951 by Peter Owen Ltd., London. Boards are a little worn/grubby with a few handling marks otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. PL-6*
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Not Stated. Near Fine. Baudelaire's posthumously published collection of prose poems, translated into English by Louise Varèse. A later edition of the English translation of this work in a quarter cloth binding, with decorative paper boards, designed by George W. Van Vechten Jr. Le Spleen de Paris, also known as Paris Spleen, is a collection of fifty prose poems, associated with literary modernism, by the renowned French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). The collection was published posthumously in 1869 by his sister. In this work, Baudelaire aimed to capture the political upheaval in France during the mid-nineteenth century. It explores many themes, such as poverty, social class, intoxication, morality and mortality. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally very smart, with a little fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.
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Good. Used, some outer edges have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, some outer pages have marks from shelf wear, book content is in very good condition. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 103 p. Oneworld Classics.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
