{"product_id":"intratextual-baudelaire-randolph-paul-runyon-9780814256824","title":"Intratextual Baudelaire: The Sequential Fabric of the Fleurs Du Mal and Spleen de Paris","description":"\u003ci\u003eIntratextual Baudelaire: The Sequential Fabric of the\u003c\/i\u003e Fleurs du mal \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Spleen de Paris by Randolph Paul Runyon provides a new and provocative answer to the question that has intrigued readers for years: did the poet arrange the \u003ci\u003eFleurs du mal\u003c\/i\u003e in a meaningful order? Runyon believes so, but not in the way most have conceived the question. \u003cbr\u003e Barbey d'Aurevilly's claim that there was a \"secret architecture\" hidden in the \u003ci\u003eFleurs\u003c\/i\u003e has long misled scholars by leading them to look for some overarching hierarchical organization, when they should have been looking for how the poems actually fit together, each to each, in the sequential fabric of the text. This is what Runyon has done, in a meticulous reading of every poem and its place in the sequence.\u003ci\u003e Intratextual Baudelaire\u003c\/i\u003e provides the most thorough analysis available of the textual changes Baudelaire made between the first and second editions and shows why he made them: so that the sequential structure would be preserved despite the addition of new poems and the deletion of those judged obscene. \u003cbr\u003e Extending his analysis to the \u003ci\u003eSpleen de Paris\u003c\/i\u003e with the same attention to detail and awareness of textual changes, Runyon shows that Baudelaire's prose-poem collection displays the same rigorous sequential structure. Both collections are revealed as marvels of self-referential intratextuality. Whether one agrees with Runyon or not, \u003ci\u003eIntratextual Baudelaire\u003c\/i\u003e will certainly generate discussion among French studies scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randolph Paul Runyon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814256821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814256824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Randolph Paul Runyon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059835793663,"sku":"9780814256824","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94c8848e-f832-47a4-aea2-d201e882848c.jpg?v=1685060601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intratextual-baudelaire-randolph-paul-runyon-9780814256824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}