Les Fleurs du Mal, complete edition: 172 poems, including those that were censored - Paperback

by Atlantic Editions (Editor), Charles Baudelaire (Author)

Complete edition in paperback format

This work in 7 parts (Spleen and Ideal, Parisian Scenes, Wine, Flowers of Evil, Rebellion, Death, The Wreckage) includes the poems censored during the author's lifetime.

Immerse yourself in the reading of one of the greatest masterpieces of French poetry.

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) is the first modern French poet. He gave poetry its true dimension: expressing, beyond words, the human tragedy, the absolute vertigo that seizes the soul. His influence on subsequent poets as eminent as Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé is considerable.
Throughout his life, he shaped a collection of poems, a major work of modern poetry: The Flowers of Evil, which encompasses almost all of his output.
Published in 1857, the book caused a scandal and sparked a resounding trial for outrage against public morality and offense to religious morality, which led to the censorship of several poems, only rehabilitated in 1949.
This masterpiece, which breaks with the conventional style in use until then, explores the labyrinths of consciousness and reveals everything that inhabits and haunts us, to make us experience the most intense emotions.

This edition includes all the poems of The Flowers of Evil, including the condemned works - a total of 172 poems, and invites the reader into a moving universe, a testament to the author's immense talent.
A must-read of classical literature that will delight readers of all ages.

In the same paperback collection from the publisher Atlantic Editions, discover two other masterpieces of French poetry:
The Contemplations, by Victor Hugo (ISBN 978-1533477071)
Alcohols, by Guillaume Apollinaire (ISBN 978-1533468147)

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