A study of 50 prose poems Baudelaire wrote between 1857 and his death in 1867 and collected posthumously under the title "Le Spleen de Paris", translated as "The Parisian Prowler". The author sees them as a coherent ensemble of fables of modern life that unite lyricism and critical self-awareness.
Language
English
Pages
227
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Release
October 01, 1990
ISBN
0820312185
ISBN 13
9780820312187
Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Esthetic, the Ethical, and the Religious in the Parisian Prowler
A study of 50 prose poems Baudelaire wrote between 1857 and his death in 1867 and collected posthumously under the title "Le Spleen de Paris", translated as "The Parisian Prowler". The author sees them as a coherent ensemble of fables of modern life that unite lyricism and critical self-awareness.