| Baudelaire: Collected Essays, 1953 1988 Contributor(s): Leakey, F. W. (Author), F. W., Leakey (Author), Jacobs, Eva (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521323355 ISBN-13: 9780521323352 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1990 Annotation: This book of linked essays contains the first critical study of Baudelaire's development as a poet, from his youth onward. It also includes studies of the development of Baudelaire's aesthetic, detailed commentaries on a number of his finest poems, and accounts of three intriguing and crucial "encounters" with notable contemporaries. Three of the essays are previously unpublished and four very recent; the other eleven have been thoroughly updated, revised, and, in some cases, substantially expanded. Together, they constitute a new and important contribution to the understanding and appreciation of Baudelaire's work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 841.8 |
| LCCN: 89034217 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in French |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.72" W x 8.95" (1.23 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book of linked essays contains the first critical study of Baudelaire's development as a poet, from his youth onward. It also includes studies of the development of Baudelaire's aesthetic, detailed commentaries on a number of his finest poems, and accounts of three intriguing and crucial encounters with notable contemporaries. Three of the essays are previously unpublished and four very recent; the other eleven have been thoroughly updated, revised, and, in some cases, substantially expanded. Together, they constitute a new and important contribution to the understanding and appreciation of Baudelaire's work. |