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The Flowers of Evil

Author
Charles Baudelaire
Language
English
Length
70 pages
ISBN
9781787360549
Published
23 September 2019
Imprint
Sovereign
  • decadence
  • eroticism
  • mortality
  • French literature
  • poetry
  • societal norms
  • desire
  • corruption
  • beauty
  • existentialism

Description

A seminal work that dares to explore the complexities of the human condition. This collection of poems, provocative and groundbreaking, delves into themes of decadence, eroticism, and mortality, challenging societal norms and morality. Baudelaire's vivid imagery and masterful command of language craft a landscape where beauty and corruption intertwine. A cornerstone of French literature, this work offers a profound reflection on desire, art, and the paradoxes of existence.

Author

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, a book of lyric poetry titled Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris during the mid-19th century.