The poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity every day subjects ignored by French literary conventions of his time. 'Tableaux parisiens' portrays the brutal life of Paris's thieves, drunkards and prostitutes amid the debris of factories and poorhouses. In love poems such as 'Le Beau Navire', flights of lyricism entwine with languorous eroticism, while prose poems such as 'La Chambre Double' deal with the agonies of artistic creation and mortality. With their ...
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The poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity every day subjects ignored by French literary conventions of his time. 'Tableaux parisiens' portrays the brutal life of Paris's thieves, drunkards and prostitutes amid the debris of factories and poorhouses. In love poems such as 'Le Beau Navire', flights of lyricism entwine with languorous eroticism, while prose poems such as 'La Chambre Double' deal with the agonies of artistic creation and mortality. With their startling combination of harsh reality and sublime beauty, formal ingenuity and revolutionary poetic language, these poems, including a generous selection from Les Fleurs du Mal, show Baudelaire as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century.
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Fair. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Wearing of fore edge. First page faded. Occasional alkali spot. Front cover spine: slight tear at top and bottom. Slight bend at top right-hand corner of front cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Signed by Enid Starkie with signed presentation to half-title. Octavo. 131pp. Original pale cloth with dark red titles. Ligh wear and marks otherwise very good. No jacket.
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New. 1996. Paperback. The poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity every day subjects ignored by French literary conventions of his time. This title intends to show Baudelaire as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Clark, Carol. Translator(s): Clark, Carol. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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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.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9780140446241.
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Very good reading copy wraps. From a scholar's library with minor annotations to a few pages which may be helpful to the next reader. Cover painting by Carlos Schwab`
