An edition of Les fleurs du mal (1855)

The flowers of evil

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An edition of Les fleurs du mal (1855)

The flowers of evil

Rev. ed.
  • 4.2 (13 ratings)
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  • 26 Have read

Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century. Torn between intense sensuality and profound spiritual yearning, racked by debt and disease, Baudelaire transformed his own experience of Parisian life into a work of universal significance. With his unflinching examination of the dark aspects and unconventional manifestations of sexuality, his pioneering portrayal of life in a great metropolis and his daring combination of the lyrical and the prosaic, Baudelaire inaugurated a new epoch in poetry and created a founding text of modernism.

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New Directions
Language
English, French
Pages
448

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Les fleurs du mal
2020-01-08, LibriVox
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The Flowers of Evil
2014-10-13, LibriVox
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1977, Easton Press
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Les fleurs du mal
1972, Livre de Poche
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The Flowers of Evil
1971, Heritage Press
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The flowers of evil
/1970, New Directions
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1964, Le Livre de Poche Classique #677
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The flowers of evil
1963, New Directions
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The flowers of evil
1963, New Directions
in English - Rev. ed.
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Flowers of evil
1958, Peter Pauper Press
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The flowers of evil
1955, New Directions
in English and French
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Les fleurs du mal
1918, Éditions de la Nouvelle revue française
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Edition Notes

English and French.

Published in
[New York]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
841.8
Library of Congress
PQ2191.F6 E47 1963, PQ2191 F6 E47 1963

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxi, 448 p.
Number of pages
448

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5872799M
Internet Archive
flowersofevil0000unse_j9o6
LCCN
63000109
OCLC/WorldCat
761870

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1158921W

Work Description

Les Fleurs du mal est un recueil de poèmes de Charles Baudelaire, reprenant la quasi-totalité de sa production en vers de 1840 jusqu'à sa mort, survenue fin août 1867. Publié le 21 juin 1857, le recueil scandalise aussitôt la société française. Son auteur subit un procès retentissant. Le jugement le condamne à une forte amende, réduite sur intervention de l'Impératrice ; il entraîne la censure de six pièces jugées immorales.

De 1861 à 1868, l'ouvrage est réédité dans trois versions successives, enrichies de nouveaux poèmes ; les pièces interdites paraissent en Belgique. La réhabilitation n'interviendra que près d'un siècle plus tard, en mai 1949.

Le recueil est considéré comme une œuvre majeure de la poésie moderne. Il diffère d'un recueil classique où souvent, le seul hasard réunit des poèmes généralement disparates. Ici, les poèmes s'articulent avec méthode et selon un dessein précis.

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