The Flowers of Evil (Alma Classics)
Author(s): Charles Baudelaire; Anthony Mortimer (Translator)
The poems deal with themes relating to decadence and eroticism. Charles Baudelaire opens The Flowers of Evil with a poem entitled "Benediction," and it's special stuff -- but of course it is, we're talking about a poem by Charles Baudelaire, for god's sake. When by the changeless Power of a Supreme Decree The poet issues forth upon this sorry sphere, His mother, horrified, and full of blasphemy, Uplifts her voice to God, who takes compassion on her. "Ah, why did I not bear a serpent's nest entire, Instead of bringing forth this hideous Child of Doom Oh curs d be that transient night of vain desire When I conceived my expiation in my womb "
Product Information
Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) is most famous for his groundbreaking collection of verse The Flowers of Evil,but his essays, translations and prose poems have been equally influential.
General Fields
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- : Alma Classics
- : Alma Classics
- : 0.37
- : 01 April 2016
- : 198mm X 128mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : Charles Baudelaire; Anthony Mortimer (Translator)
- : 288
- : 841.8
- : English; French
- : 1604
- : Paperback