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A modernist classic translated for the twenty-first century

Between 1855 and his death in 1867, Charles Baudelaire inaugurated a new--and in his own words "dangerous"--hybrid form in a series of prose poems known as Paris Spleen. Important and provocative, these... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Baudelaire s prose poems were written over many years and published in magazines between 1855 and his death in 1867. Francis Scarfe s translations reflect a lifetime s passion for Baudelaire s work and a deep understanding of it. The appeal of this beautiful book, he says in... Read Full Overview

From Edouard Manet to T. S. Eliot to Jim Morrison, the reach of Charles Baudelaire's influence is beyond estimation. In this prize-winning translation of his no-longer-neglected masterpiece, Baudelaire offers a singular view of 1850s Paris. Evoking a m lange of reactions,... Read Full Overview

A modernist classic translated for the twenty-first century

Between 1855 and his death in 1867, Charles Baudelaire inaugurated a new--and in his own words "dangerous"--hybrid form in a series of prose poems known as Paris Spleen. Important and provocative, these... Read Full Overview

Dans le Spleen de Paris, Baudelaire se fait homme de la rue, r deur, voyeur et voyant. C'est dans cette grande ville fascinante et r pulsive qu'est Paris que Baudelaire cherche son inspiration et non plus dans le spectacle de la nature.C'est l , dans ce lieu de d bauches et d'errances... Read Full Overview

Baudelaire's prose poems were written over many years and published in magazines between 1855 and his death in 1867. Francis Scarfe's translations reflect a lifetime's passion for Baudelaire's work and a deep understanding of it. The appeal of this beautiful book', he says in... Read Full Overview

First published posthumously in 1869, "Paris Spleen" is a collection of 51 short prose poems by Charles Baudelaire. Inspired by Aloysius Bertrand's "Gaspard de la Nuit - Fantaisies la mani re de Rembrandt et de Callot" or "Gaspard of the Night - Fantasies in the Manner of Rembrandt... Read Full Overview

Los peque os poemas en prosa, tambi n conocido como El spleen de Par s es una colecci n de 50 peque os poemas escritos en prosa po tica. La melancol a, el horror al paso del tiempo, el deseo de infinito, la cr tica corrosiva contra la religi n y la moral, as como la burla contra... Read Full Overview

In the 1850s, ancien and Haussmannian Paris clash, giving birth to a violent disjunction. At that moment in time, an other present is born, a new history, like Baudelaire's poet freely abandoning his halo on the macadam. The laurel crown has been discarded; the pastoral poet... Read Full Overview

"I am moved...by the mastery of both languages, plus the total absorption of the spirit of Baudelaire.... I recognize Baudelaire's voice in these translations."--Anna Balakian. Includes an incisive introduction to Baudelaire's life, work and influence on modern poetry.