false <![CDATA[The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256035559m/3213640.jpg 203220 182 WINNER OF THE American Book Award in Translation for 1983, Richard Howard's version of this landmark work of modernist verse, published here in tandem with the French original. Embellished by a frontispiece portrait and nine floral monotypes by Michael Mazur. 2089235 book 1857 Les Fleurs Du Mal total:2412|5:1233|4:771|3:338|2:56|1:14| 2412 10389 3317 166 4 3 false false Wed Jan 16 14:15:43 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 08:42:24 -0800 2008
In all seriousness, though, I wish my Fr...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jul 29 21:49:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 21:49:39 -0700 2008
Baudelaire emphasized above all the disassociated character of modern experience: the sense that alienation is an inevitable part of our modern world. In his prose, this complexity is expressed via harshness and shifts of mood.

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I will add a caveat to this review. Wh...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:17:32 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:18:48 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Mon Sep 24 11:42:41 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 11:43:48 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 11:58:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:28:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Tue Apr 22 04:39:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 04:50:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 20 21:23:34 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 21:25:46 -0800 2008
Spleen
by Charles Baudelaire
Translated by Richard Howard


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What can you say about a person whose very surname has become a synonym for debauchery, for louche and antisocial behavior?

Many people try to live their lives to schock others, at one phase or another of their youth, especially. But for Baudelaire, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jul 29 01:45:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 01:54:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3213640