Le Spleen de Paris

by Charles Baudelaire

Overview

Le spleen de Paris, ou, Les cinquante petits poemes en prose de Charles Baudelaire. This book, "Le spleen de Paris ou, Les cinquante petits poemes en prose," by Charles Baudelaire, is a replication of a book originally published before 1917. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523910953
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/06/2016
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.26(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Charles Baudelaire: Baudelaire (1821-1867) was France's most influential nineteenth-century poet. He was also a brilliant critic. A controversial figure in his lifetime, his collection of poems Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) is regarded as a masterpiece.

Francis Scarfe: Francis Scarfe (1911-1986) was a lecturer in French poetry at Glasgow University before and again after World War II. From 1959 to 1978, he was director of the British Institute. In recognition of his contribution to Anglo-French cultural relations he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1962), and for his work on Baudelaire he was awarded the Prix de L'Ile Saint-Louis (1966); on his retirement in 1978 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. He was the author of four collections of poetry and of the critical works Auden and After and André Chénier, His Life and Work.