Le Spleen de Paris, La Fanfarlo by Charles Baudelaire

La Fanfarlo, Le Spleen de Paris Petits Poemes en prose by Charles Baudelaire with Introduction, Notes, Bibliographie et Chronologie par David Scott, maitre de conferences et Barbara Wright, professeur a Trinity College, Universite de Dublin Paris Spleen, a diverse collection of fifty prose poems, is provided here in a clear, engaging, and accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. Also included is a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, La Fanfarlo, which, alongside Paris Spleen, sheds light on the development of Baudelaire's work over time. Raymond N. MacKenzie's introductory essay discusses Baudelaire's life and the literary climate in which he lived and worked. Focusing on the theory of the prose poem, MacKenzie suggests that Baudelaire turned to this form for both aesthetic and ethical reasons, and because the form allowed him to explore more fully the complexities of the modern, urban, human condition. By turns comic, somber, satiric, and self-questioning, Paris Spleen is one of the nineteenth century's richest masterpieces. Paperback. Used-good condition. All pages intact. Smoke-free. 50% of the profits from this sale will be donated to a local Friends of the Library. French European Poetry Poems BKNK