The poems of The Flowers of Evil were written in Paris at a time of revolution and
accelerating change - the beginning of mass culture, the rise of consumerism and the
middle-class, the radical redevelopment of the city by Haussmann - and they provide many parallels with the malaise and uncertainties of contemporary capitalist societies.
Here we find poems about love (and love-hate), birds and beasts, Paris scenes and street people; about spiritual revolt, wine, death, travel and faraway places. The poet's voice is by turns ironical, angry and compassionate, his words charged with anguish, desire and rapture.
| ISBN: | 9781908376404 |
| Publication date: | 26th June 2015 |
| Author: | Charles Baudelaire |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 189 pages |
| Series: | Arc Classics: New Translations of Great Poets of the Past |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |