The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (English and French Edition)

The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (English and French Edition)
by Charles Baudelaire

The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (English and French Edition)
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Author: Charles Baudelaire
Translator: James N McGowan
Introduction: Jonathan Culler
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Published); French (Published)
Published: 2008-05-15
ISBN: 0199535582
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: The first (and one of the best) modern poet's of our time
Summary: 5 Stars

Baudelaire's poetry is a potent brew of Poe's mystery/terror, Flaubert's realism, Byron's brand of romanticism and a touch Sade's sexual philosophy. Having said this however, I do not wish to say that Baudelaire's Fleur du Mal is derivative, far from it! In many ways, Baudelaire's poetry is like Manet's paintings, in the sense that Baudelaire's verse blazed a trail for later movements like impressionism and symbolism (but one could never truly say that he fully belonged in either school of art). Just as one could not say that Baudelaire is fully a Romantic poet (a particular label, which I find extremely unfounded). In short, Baudelaire is Baudelaire and no one else. This is exactly what makes his verse so fresh and exciting. Even if you might find his topic matter a bit morose and depressing at times, his verse seldom slips into tropes or clichés and it always remains incredibly personal. Baudelaire is not just innovative for his times either, many of the themes of death/decay (without redemption), of secular love/sex, of urban filth/alienation and (especially) his poems on ennui are still common experiences for the modern individual. This is why, I think, Peter Gay (among many other writers on modernism) chose Baudelaire as the first modern artist. I also suggest reading Claude Pichois' biography of Baudelaire, as well as Baudelaire essay titled "The Painter of Modern Life" in order to enrich one's reading of Les Fleurs du Mal.

Summary of The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (English and French Edition)

The Flowers of Evil, which T.S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking of sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life. Including the French texts and comprehensive explanatory notes to the poems, this extraordinary body of love poems restores the six poems originally banned in 1857, revealing the richness and variety of the collection.

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