Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire (English) Paperback Book

Description: Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varèse One of the founding texts of literary modernism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of the terrain Baudelaire had covered in his verse masterpiece, The Flowers of Evil: the city and its squalor and inequalities, the pressures of time and mortality, and the liberation provided by the sensual delights of intoxication, art, and women. Published posthumously in 1869, Paris Spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry—a format which Baudelaire saw as particularly suited for expressing the feelings of uncertainty, flux, and freedom of his age—and one of the founding texts of literary modernism. Author Biography Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) is most famous for his groundbreaking collection of verse The Flowers of Evil, but his essays, translations, and prose poems have been equally influential. Louise Varese was an American biographer and translator of French. She is known for her translations of Stendhal, Proust, Georges Simenon, Julien Gracq, St.-John Perse and Arthur Rimbaud. Review "The cadenced prose beats in perfect time with the pulse of the slumbering city, where only the strange is awake. The atmosphere is old, dirty, often sordid, and yet, somehow, glorious... The translation is almost perfect." -- John Randolph - Chicago Tribune "He possessed, as it were, a profound intuition of the obstinate, amorphous contingency which is life..." -- Jean-Paul Sartre Review Text The cadenced prose beats in perfect time with the pulse of the slumbering city, where only the strange is awake. The atmosphere is old, dirty, often sordid, and yet, somehow, glorious.... The translation is almost perfect. Review Quote "The cadenced prose beats in perfect time with the pulse of the slumbering city, where only the strange is awake. The atmosphere is old, dirty, often sordid, and yet, somehow, glorious.... The translation is almost perfect." Details ISBN0811200078 Short Title PARIS SPLEEN Pages 118 Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Series New Directions Paperbook Language English ISBN-10 0811200078 ISBN-13 9780811200073 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 294 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translated from French Illustrations Ill. Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780811200073 UK Release Date 1970-02-01 NZ Release Date 1970-02-01 US Release Date 1970-02-01 Author Louise Varèse Year 1970 Publication Date 1970-02-01 Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation DEWEY 848.808 Audience Undergraduate Translator Louise Varèse AU Release Date 2010-01-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:20328972;

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