{"product_id":"the-flowers-of-evil-charles-baudelaire-9781804296608","title":"The Flowers of Evil: The Definitive English Language Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major work of world literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Flowers of Evil \u003c\/i\u003escandalized Baudelaire's contemporaries and reinvented beauty in the midst of modernity. This dual-language edition of the definitive 1861 version features a new translation by acclaimed poetry scholar Nathan Brown and a new introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major work of world literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Flowers of Evil \u003c\/i\u003escandalized Baudelaire's contemporaries and reinvented beauty in the midst of modernity. Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire's infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism, and of social life through an astonishing variety of poetic forms and styles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was published in 1857, six poems of the volume's poems were banned on charges of obscenity. Baudelaire then reworked the book into a masterfully expanded version published in 1861. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new translation by acclaimed poetry scholar Nathan Brown includes the banned poems in a facing-page, dual-language edition of the definitive 1861 version, along with a major new introduction to the significance of Baudelaire's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrown has carefully preserved the lineation, figurative language, punctuation, and grammatical structures of the original, finally giving us a version of \u003ci\u003eThe Flowers of Evil \u003c\/i\u003esuitable for the general reader as well as scholars and teachers working in English. This version of Baudelaire sets a new standard for fidelity to the original and sensitivity to the tone of this central work of modern literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baudelaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804296600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804296608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Charles Baudelaire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966141133055,"sku":"9781804296608","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c3544c1-4703-4f61-9696-9fda2d1bb7fa.jpg?v=1711158979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flowers-of-evil-charles-baudelaire-9781804296608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}