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The Parisian Prowler, 2nd Ed. - 2nd Edition by Charles Baudelaire (Paperback)
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Highlights
- From Edouard Manet to T. S. Eliot to Jim Morrison, the reach of Charles Baudelaire's influence is beyond estimation.
- About the Author: CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867) was a French poet, essayist, critic, and translator.
- 154 Pages
- Poetry, European
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About the Book
In this prize-winning translation of his no-longer-neglected masterpiece, Baudelaire offers a singular view of 1850s Paris. Evoking a mélange of reactions, these fifty "fables of modern life" take us on various tours led by a flâneur, an incognito stroller.Book Synopsis
From Edouard Manet to T. S. Eliot to Jim Morrison, the reach of Charles Baudelaire's influence is beyond estimation. In this prize-winning translation of his no-longer-neglected masterpiece, Baudelaire offers a singular view of 1850s Paris. Evoking a mélange of reactions, these fifty "fables of modern life" take us on various tours led by a flâneur, an incognito stroller.
Through day and night, in gleaming cafés and filthy side streets, this alienated yet compassionate esthete muses on the bizarre in the commonplace, the sublime in the mundane. As the work reveals a teeming metropolis on the eve of great change, we see a Paris as contradictory, surprising, and ultimately unknowable as our guide himself. Superbly complemented by twenty-one period illustrations by Delacroix, Callot, Manet, Whistler, Baudelaire himself, and others, The Parisian Prowler is an essential companion to Les Fleurs du Mal and other works by the father of modern poetry. In the preface to this edition, translator Edward K. Kaplan explains how the volume's illustrations act as a graphic subtext to the narrator's observations.Review Quotes
Anyone without French will find this a good introduction to Baudelaire's vision.
--Washington PostAbout the Author
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867) was a French poet, essayist, critic, and translator.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 154
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: European
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Language: French
Street Date: January 1, 1997
TCIN: 94449441
UPC: 9780820318790
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-6690
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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