Baudelaire and the Art of Memory (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198159322)

This study is an examination of Charles Baudelaire's (1821-67) art criticism and its relationship with his creative writing. It is the first book in English to treat in one volume the diverse aspects of the subject: the principal aesthetic ideas, the importance of the painters Delacroix, Boudin, Meryon, Guys, and Manet, Baudelaire's essays on laughter and caricature, and other critical writings.

Author: J. A. Hiddleston
ISBN-10: 0198159323
ISBN-13: 9780198159322
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 09/23/1999
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.94w x 1.05d