{"product_id":"the-flowers-of-evil-paperback-by-charles-baudelaire-1","title":"The Flowers of Evil Paperback by Charles Baudelaire","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eLiveright\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-04-18)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e400\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781631498596\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e317.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.93 x 14.02 x 2.59\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the 200th anniversary of Baudelaire’s birth comes this stunning landmark translation of the book that launched modern poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown to his contemporaries primarily as an art critic, but ambitious to secure a more lasting literary legacy, Charles Baudelaire, a Parisian bohemian, spent much of the 1840s composing gritty, often perverse, poems that expressed his disgust with the banality of modern city life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1857, the book that collected these poems together, \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du mal\u003c\/i\u003e, was an instant sensation—earning Baudelaire plaudits and, simultaneously, disrepute. Only a year after Gustave Flaubert had endured his own public trial for published indecency (for \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e), a French court declared \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du mal\u003c\/i\u003e an offense against public morals and six poems within it were immediately suppressed (a ruling that would not be reversed until 1949, nearly a century after Baudelaire’s untimely death). Subsequent editions expanded on the original, including new poems that have since been recognized as Baudelaire’s masterpieces, producing a body of work that stands as the most consequential, controversial, and influential book of poetry from the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed translator and poet Aaron Poochigian tackles this revolutionary text with an ear attuned to Baudelaire’s lyrical innovations—rendering them in “an assertive blend of full and slant rhymes and fluent iambs” (A. E. Stallings)—and an intuitive feel for the work’s dark and brooding mood. Poochigian’s version captures the incantatory, almost magical, effect of the original—reanimating for today’s reader Baudelaire’s “unfailing vision” that “trumpeted the space and light of the future” (Patti Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn introduction by Dana Gioia offers a probing reassessment of the supreme artistry of Baudelaire’s masterpiece, and an afterword by Daniel Handler explores its continued relevance and appeal. Featuring the poems in English and French, this deluxe dual-language edition allows readers to commune both with the original poems and with these electric, revelatory translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Baudelaire\u003c\/b\u003e (1821–1867) was a French poet, critic, essayist, and translator. He is buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Poochigian\u003c\/b\u003e has published four books of poetry and several translations, including \u003ci\u003eAristophanes: Four Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eStung with Love: Poems and Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e by Sappho (2009). He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/b\u003e is the former poet laureate of California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Handler\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his books as Lemony Snicket, notably the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events and the four-book sequence All the Wrong Questions. Under his given name, he is the author of seven novels, and has worked extensively in music, theater, film, and television. 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