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Paris Inconnu (Hardcover)
Charles Baudelaire, Alfred Delvau, Alexandre Privat D'Anglemont
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R880
Discovery Miles 8 800
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Le classique de la litt rature par Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs
du mal, est publi ici nouveau pour le lecteur enthousiaste. La
belle po sie, typique de l' poque moderniste, est inclus sans abr
gement. Les six sections sont les suivantes: Spleen et Id al
Tableaux Parisiens Le Vin Fleurs du mal R volte La Mort Au moment
de la publication initiale dans les ann es 1860, Baudelaire a t
accus d'avoir viol les lois de censure. Il a t sommairement condamn
une amende, avec six po mes incrimin s ont t retir s de la deuxi me
dition. Cependant, ils ont t remplac s par trente-cinq nouveaux po
mes, qui cherchaient pr server la profondeur th matique. L' diteur
est fier d'apporter le texte original pour le public moderne. Les
Fleurs du Mal a b n fici d'un grand nombre d'adaptations pour plus
de cent ans, suscitant l'inspiration pour ses audacieuses, versets
palpitants.
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Cat Poems (Paperback)
Elizabeth Bishop, Stevie Smith, Ezra Pound, Charles Baudelaire, William Carlos Williams, …
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R229
Discovery Miles 2 290
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You Know How a Cat
will bring a mouse it has
caught and lay it at your
feet so each morning I
bring you a poem that
I've written when I woke
up in the night as my tribute
to your beauty &
a promise of my love.
-James Laughlin
Across the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors. Cats raise a mirror up to their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotise, frustrate and delight. To poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses, as they purr, prowl, hunt, play, meow, and nap, often oblivious to their so-called masters. Cat Poems offers a litter of odes to our beloved felines by some of the greatest poets of all time.
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The Flowers of Evil (Paperback)
Charles Baudelaire; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R185
R152
Discovery Miles 1 520
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The Flowers of Evil (1857) is a collection of poems by Charles
Baudelaire. Translated into English by Cyril Scott in 1909,
Baudelaire's poems remain lively and idiosyncratic nearly two
centuries after they came into existence. Comprised mostly of
sonnets and short lyrics, The Flowers of Evil captures Baudelaire's
sense of the changing role of the poet in modern life. Rather than
focus on beauty and other ideals, Baudelaire explores the totality
of human experience-the good, bad, and ugly of life on earth. "When
by the changeless Power of a Supreme Decree / The poet issues forth
upon this sorry sphere, / His mother, horrified, and full of
blasphemy, / Uplifts her voice to God, who takes compassion on
her." In his opening benediction, Baudelaire reverses the typical
trope of invoking the muses or celebrating poetry as a divine gift.
Instead, he depicts the poet as a being cursed, a "hideous Child of
Doom." Childhood for Baudelaire is a subject of particular
interest, a time described, in his poem "The Enemy," as "a ravaging
storm, / Enlivened at times by a brilliant sun..." The youthful
experience of melancholy clearly informs the poet's outlook as an
adult: "Time devours our lives, / And the enemy black, which
consumeth our hearts / On the blood of our bodies, increases and
thrives!" While much of Baudelaire's work deals with darkness and
despair, his poems can rise to the heights of celebration and
ecstasy, his voice soft and sweet as he invites his sister on a
journey to an imagined land of "order and loveliness, / Luxury,
calm and voluptuousness." Ultimately, Baudelaire's vision-however
irreverent-is guided by truth and morality, which drive him on a
torturous path from good to evil, beauty to death, and back. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of The Flowers of Evil is a classic of French
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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