Les Fleurs Du MalAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Thursday 1 May 2008
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The bilingual, illustrated, and National Book Award-winning edition of Charles Baudelaireâ?Ts masterpiece. The complete French text is accompanied with an English translation by Richard Howard. Charles Baudelaireâ?Ts 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex love, death, the corrupting and oppressive power of the modern city and lost innocence, Les Fleurs Du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) remains powerful and relevant for our time. In â?oSpleen et idAcal,â?? Baudelaire dramatizes the erotic cycle of ecstacy and anguishâ?"of sexual and romantic love. â?oTableaux Parisiensâ?? condemns the crushing effects of urban planning on a cityâ?Ts soul and praises the cityâ?Ts anti-heroes including the deranged and derelict. â?oLe Vinâ?? centers on the search for oblivion in drink and drugs. The many kinds of love that lie outside traditional morality is the focus of â?oFleurs du Malâ?? while rebellion is at the heart of â?oRAcvolte.â?? The voice of Baudelaire lives in this award-winning edition that includes monotypes by artist, Michael Mazur. â?oHowardâ?Ts achievement is such that we can be confident that this Fleurs du Mal will long stand as definitive, a superb guide to Franceâ?Ts greatest poet.â??â?"The Nation
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