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OverviewBaudelaire is indeed the greatest exemplar in modern poetry in any language, said T. S. Eliot. We experience Baudelaire in myriad ways through his multifaceted writing. His sensuous poems-dreams of escape to an impossible, preferably tropical, elsewhere-draw us in with their descriptive and perceptual richness. There is also the bitter, compassionate, and desolate Baudelaire. Ultimately, Baudelaire's true genius might reside in his expressive force and in the tension between his passions and intellect. The latter is most evident in his control of rhetoric and poetic form, and-given the poems' density of language, thought, and feeling-his astonishing clarity. This new English rendition of Baudelaire by award-winning translator Beverley Bie Brahic includes poems from his celebrated volumes: Les Fleurs du mal, Les Epaves, Le Spleen de Paris, and Paradis artificiels. It also includes several of his prose poems, as well as an excerpt from his famous essay on wine and hashish. The poems in verse have Baudelaire's French originals on facing pages; the prose poems, unaccompanied by their originals, are printed near the poems in verse with which they resonate. Complete with the translator's illuminating introduction and notes, this beautifully crafted volume is an important addition to Baudelaire's work in English translation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Baudelaire , Beverley Bie BrahicPublisher: Seagull Books London Ltd Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd Dimensions: Width: 1.30cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.10cm Weight: 0.284kg ISBN: 9780857425386ISBN 10: 0857425382 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 17 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsBaudelaire is for everyone; his sibilant decadence, his sultriness, his eroticism. . . . [This book is] a welcome reminder of the poet's fierceness and strangeness. . . . Baudelaire is our modern imagination, and Brahic's work does a service expanding his vision in a contemporary voice. --Chicago Review of Books Baudelaire is for everyone; his sibilant decadence, his sultriness, his eroticism. . . . [This book is] a welcome reminder of the poet's fierceness and strangeness. . . . Baudelaire is our modern imagination, and Brahic's work does a service expanding his vision in a contemporary voice. -- Chicago Review of Books Author InformationCharles Baudelaire (1821-67) was one of the most influential nineteenth-century French poets. His works include Les Paradis artificiels, Les Fleurs du mal, Les Epaves, and posthumous collections Le Spleen de Paris and Petits poemes en prose, among others. Beverley Bie Brahic is a Canadian poet and translator living in Paris and the San Francisco Bay Area. She has published two collections of poetry and several translations of French writers, including Guillaume Apollinaire, Francis Ponge, and Helene Cixous. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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