Charles Baudelaire - A Study of His Life and Poetry
Charles Baudelaire - A Study of His Life and Poetry

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2021-03-26

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1528792408

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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867) was a French poet, art critic, and essayist who was among the first people to translate the work of Edgar Allen Poe. Baudelaire's wonderful poems are known for their masterful use of rhyme and rhythm which, together with their Romantic exoticism, inspired a whole generation of poets including Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé. This fantastic volume contains a carefully selected collection of essays, studies, and biographical sketches of Baudelaire that explore the life and work of one of France's most influential writers. Highly recommended for poetry lovers and connoisseurs of French literature. Contents include: “The Life and Intimate Memoirs of Charles Baudelaire, by Théophile Gautier”, “Charles Baudelaire, by Henry James”, “Some Remarks on Baudelaire's Influence Upon Modern Poetry and Thought, by Guy Thorne”, “Charles Baudelaire, by James Huneker”, “Charles Baudelaire, A Study by F. P. Sturm”, and “Charles Baudelaire, by Arthur Symons”. Ragged Hand is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic works complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Remnants of Song
Remnants of Song

Author: Ulrich Baer

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780804739276

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In a bold reassessment, this book analyzes the works of Baudelaire and Celan, two poets who frame our sense of modern poetry and define the beginning and end of modernity itself. It relates Baudelaire s exploration of the trauma of the minute personal shocks of everyday existence to Celan s engagement with the catastrophic magnitude of the Holocaust."

The Cambridge Companion to Baudelaire
The Cambridge Companion to Baudelaire

Author: Rosemary Lloyd

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780521537827

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Charles Baudelaire's place among the great poets of the Western world is undisputed, and his influence on the development of poetry since his lifetime has been enormous. In this Companion, essays by outstanding scholars illuminate Baudelaire's writing both for the lay reader and for specialists. In addition to a survey of his life and a study of his social context, the volume includes essays on his verse and prose, analyzing the extraordinary power and effectiveness of his language and style, his exploration of intoxicants like wine and opium, and his art and literary criticism. The volume also discusses the difficulties, successes and failures of translating his poetry and his continuing power to move his readers. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, this Companion provides students and scholars of Baudelaire and of nineteenth-century French and European literature with a comprehensive and stimulating overview of this extraordinary poet.

Baudelaire the Damned
Baudelaire the Damned

Author: F. W. J. Hemmings

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-09-28

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1448204712

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First published in 1982, this penetrating, immensely readable biography of the brilliant poet, translator, and art critic, F. W. J. Hemmings gives us a fascinating new perspective on Baudelaire's extraordinary, complex personality, his artistic achievements, and his tormented life. Hemmings, the noted biographer of Zola and Alexandre Dumas, has drawn on a great volume of material for this work, much of which came to light as late at the 70s. He shows how Baudelaire's unhappy childhood and the mixture of strong affection and bitter resentment in his feelings for his mother provide the key to his contradictory and self-destructive behavior, particularly in his neurotic relationships with women. Burdened with a sense of guilt and acutely conscious of his shortcomings, Baudelaire was constantly at odds with himself, with those around him, and with the optimistic, materialistic society of his day, which he hated. From the poverty, disease, and despair that plagued him sprang Les Fleurs du Mal, the poetry by which he was to achieve immortality. The struggle to create and publish these poems-which were immediately condemned as pornographic-is vividly described. But Baudelaire was also an art critic whose aesthetic insights are still discussed today, and his book on drug addiction, Les Paradis Artificiels, remains relevant to our time. He introduced Edgar Allan Poe, a writer with whom he strongly identified, to the European public, and he was one of the first Wagnerians in France. Baudelaire the Damned is an important re-examination of all these varied aspects of Baudelaire's life and work, as well as an engrossing portrait of one of the geniuses of world literature.

Baudelaire's World
Baudelaire's World

Author: Rosemary Lloyd

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780801440267

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Lloyd builds an image of Baudelaire's world around major themes of this writing - childhood, women, reading, the city, dreams, art, nature, death. Throughout, she finds that his words and themes echo the historical and physical realities of life in mid-nineteenth-century Paris.".

Baudelaire in English
Baudelaire in English

Author: Charles Baudelaire

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780140446449

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Perhaps the most explosively original mind of his century, Charles Baudelaire has proved profoundly influential well beyond the borders of nineteenth-century France. Writers from Lord Alfred Douglas to Edna St. Vincent Millay, from Aldous Huxley to Seamus Heaney, from Arthur Symons to John Ashbery, from Basil Bunting to Robert Lowell, have all attempted to transmit in English his psychological and sexual complexity, his images of urban alienation. This superb addition to the Poets in Translation series brings together the translations of his poetry and prose poems that best reveal the different facets of Baudelaire's personality: the haughtily defiant artist, the tormented bohemian, the savage yet tender lover, and the celebrant of strange and haunted cityscapes.

Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire

Author: Arthur Symons

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2024-08-20

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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Discover the profound exploration of Charles Baudelaire's life and work in Arthur Symons's compelling biography, "Charles Baudelaire." This insightful volume delves into the complexities of Baudelaire's contributions to literature and his place in the realm of decadent art, offering a fresh perspective on the poet's enduring legacy. In "Charles Baudelaire," Symons examines the intricate relationship between Baudelaire's art and its often misunderstood, controversial themes. Through detailed analysis and reflection, Symons reveals how Baudelaire's work, alongside that of his contemporaries like Beardsley and Rops, stands as a testament to the eternal quest for beauty amidst the shadows of rebellion and moral ambiguity. What drives artists to explore the darker corners of beauty? Symons's exploration poses this question, highlighting how Baudelaire’s artistic sacrifices were not merely acts of defiance but rather profound contributions to the pursuit of eternal beauty. How do these themes reflect on the nature of artistic intent and the complexities of creative expression? Engage with the rich narrative and critical insights of this biography to better understand Baudelaire's revolutionary impact on literature and art. Symons provides a nuanced examination of how Baudelaire's poetry and artistic vision challenged conventional norms and carved a unique path in the literary world. Ready to delve into the enigmatic world of Baudelaire? Embrace the depth and beauty of his life and work with "Charles Baudelaire" by Arthur Symons. Discover the artist’s legacy through the eyes of a masterful biographer. Uncover the layers of Baudelaire’s artistry and influence. Purchase "Charles Baudelaire" today and immerse yourself in a scholarly exploration of one of literature's most intriguing figures.

Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire

Author: Théophile Gautier

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 386741341X

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his volume contains Gautier's biographical essay "The Life and Intimate Memoirs of Baudelaire". The English translator Guy Thorne complements Gautier's writing with selected poems and letters of Baudelaire, and an essay on Baudelaire's influence upon modern poetry and thought. Reprint of the original edition from 1915.

Baudelaire in China
Baudelaire in China

Author: Gloria Bien

Publisher: University of Delaware

Published: 2012-12-14

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1611493900

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Baudelaire's work entered China in the twentieth century amidst political and social upheavals accompanied by a "literary revolution" that called for classical models and modes of expression to be replaced by vernacular language and contemporary content. Chinese writers welcomed their meeting with the West and openly embraced Western literature as providing models in developing their "new" literature. Baudelaire's reception in China provides a representative study of this "meeting of East and west." His work, which has been declared to stand between tradition and modernity, also lies at the intersection between classical and modern literature in China. Many of the best known and most highly regarded writers in twentieth-century China were drawn to Baudelaire's work, and some addressed it directly in their own writings. Bien draws upon H.R. Jauss's theory of the shifting and expanding horizons of expectation in the reading and interpretation of a literary work, and upon James J.Y. Lin's notion of "worlds" received and created by both author and reader, to show how poetic lines, images, and ideas, as well as Chinese critics' comments, eventually weave into a rich picture of Baudelaire's reception in China.

Intimate Journals
Intimate Journals

Author: Charles Baudelaire

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486447782

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Collection of the notorious poet's essays transcends the squalor of his financial ruin and the torture of physical decline to offer compelling thoughts on his world, society, and philosophy.