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Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides)
Controversial book of verse, first published in 1857, presented in a handsome dual-language edition, together with superb selection of great French poet's other works: prose poems from "Spleen of Paris," critical essays on art, music, and literature, as well as personal letters. Line-by-line English translation, with original French text on facing page.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
May 1st 1992
by Dover Publications
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I finally finished Les Fleurs du Mal, which I read during the stray hours I had each week in between classes -- reading, that is, while colleagues and co-workers spent their valuable time scheming and scamming..., I suspect.... (Sic academia transit). Just kidding, of course. They are noble creatures....
Or so they insist...
At any rate, I read the poems in French, using the English as a crutch. This helped, since the vocabulary is a bit strange.
This volume fulfills its function beautifully, and...more
Or so they insist...
At any rate, I read the poems in French, using the English as a crutch. This helped, since the vocabulary is a bit strange.
This volume fulfills its function beautifully, and...more
Jul 29, 2008
Dusty
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The only book I carry with me -- for posterity and easy access -- wherever I go for an extended amount of time. It is an anthology of most -- all? -- of the poems (and some essays and letters) that Charles Baudelaire, the mother-fixated French Poe-contemporary -- composed in his lifetime. "The Albatross" -- Baudelaire's most famous piece -- is included, of course, but seated beside the other great poems in this catalogue, its sparkle seems almost dull. My favorites all herald from the poet's gre...more
current subway read - my fellow travelers must think me crazy to read the french out loud on the rush hour train. very proud of how much i can actually understand.
I absolutely love this book. Both earthy and sexual, it seems to encompass nearly every human emotion . I also found it fun and interesting to glimpse Paris and its people in an earlier time. I highly recommend this book which I'll read again and again. Also, this version mirrors each page in the original French. Sadly, I don't speak that language , but it must be wonderful to be able to read these poems in both languages and to evaluate the translation which seemed outstanding to me.
This is a set text on my university degree course (History of Art and French studies) and I just want to say that, despite the fact I love this sort of poetry full-stop, you really lose a lot in any translation. If you are thinking of taking up French so that you can read this in the original language, it might well be worth it!
The only thing I'm disappointed about in this edition is that several poems from Les Fleurs du Mal appear to be missing from the collection. However, having the dual-lang...more
The only thing I'm disappointed about in this edition is that several poems from Les Fleurs du Mal appear to be missing from the collection. However, having the dual-lang...more
Wow. Is he weird.
Si deve necessariamente passare di qui per capire Baudelaire. La poesia non è interpretabile oggettivamente,sta alla sensibilità di ognuno capire il messaggio. Una delle migliori raccolte di poesie della letteratura mondiale,se si conosce un po' la lingua,il mio consiglio è leggerle in lingua originale. Oltre allo spleen sempre presente,si scopre anche un inedito Baudelaire amante dei gatti.
I didn't enjoy the majority of these poems... they were confusing for me (not the reason I didn't like them!) and most of them were so critical, which, I know, was the point. I just didn't like Baudelaire's style. There were a few I picked out that I thought were ok, but overall, Baudelaire's writing style didn't fit with what I look for in a poet.
Jan 06, 2011
Angela Alcorn
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I want to get this as dual-language: Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book
Jun 24, 2009
Daniel
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This is a great book to have if you're a fan of French poetry. Not only does it have complete listings of Les Fleur du Mal, it also contains the Spleen of Paris as well as some critical writings, art and music criticism, letters, and some hard to find poems from Victor Hugo. Both in English and French. Awesome!
I always wondered when the world changed from 'religiously correct' books like Paradise Lost, Canterbury Tales, Divine Comedy, etc. to the secular (profane in religious conservative terms). This book (1857) *is* the transition between the two eras.
One of my favorite books from the St. Marys Public Library! Their copy is an old, beat-up volume bound in black that, of course, smells like old library. How could I resist it?
Mar 26, 2013
Helen
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I'm learning French, and this edition is supposed to help me. Too bad I can only say things like "voulez-vous aller dîner avec moi?"
this translation is so awful it's actually funny. just ordered the new directions translation instead.
The prose poems are where Baudelaire really shines. Check out the original French for the real meter.
"Le commerce est, par son essence, satanique."
a lil too goth/sexy for the bus, if i say so myself.
Hopefully the English translation does it justice.
who doesnt envy the orginal man of leisure
Jul 04, 2012
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I wish I knew French.
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Charles Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du mal; (1857; The Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century. Similarly, his Petits poèmes en prose (1868; "Little Prose Poems") was the most successful and innovative early ex...more
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