The flowers of evil /
The Flowers of Evil, which T.S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the sea...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The Flowers of Evil, which T.S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life. The volume was seized by the police, and Baudelaire and his published were put on trial for offence to public decency. Six offending poems were banned, ina conviction that was not overturned until 1949. This bold new translation, which restores the banned poems to their origin. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlviii, 399 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xlix-l) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191610844 0191610844 9780191611353 0191611352 |
