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The Flowers of Evil

By Charles Baudelaire
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The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire is a seminal collection of poetry that radically influenced modern literature. This bilingual edition, compiled by Marthiel and Jackson Mathews, presents a unique selection of verses translated by forty-one different poets and translators, capturing the multifaceted nature of Baudelaire's work and his profound impact on the imagination and sensibility of artists.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This volume is ideal for poetry enthusiasts, scholars of French literature, and readers interested in the craft of translation and the evolution of modern poetic forms.

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In the annals of literature, few single volumes of poetry have achieved the influence and notoriety of The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) by Charles Baudelaire.

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Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet it is questionable whether a single translator can give adequate voice to Baudelaire's full poetic range.

In compiling their classic, bilingual edition of The Flowers of Evil, the late Marthiel and Jackson Mathews chose from the work of forty-one translators to create a collection that is "a commentary on the present state of the art of translation." The Mathews' volume is a poets' homage to Baudelaire as well.

Among the contributors are: Robert Fitzgerald, Anthony Hecht, Aldous Huxley, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Karl Shapiro, Allen Tate, Richard Wilbur, Yvon Winters.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780811211178

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 1989

Country: United States

Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Edition: Bilingual Edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Marthiel Mathews
  • Edited by Jackson Mathews
  • Edited by Marthiel Mathews
  • Edited by Jackson Mathews

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 445g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

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.

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