Baudelaire and the Art of Memory

by J. A. Hiddleston

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198159322
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/23/1999
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	9.02(w) x 5.94(h) x 1.05(d)
Lexile:	1750L (what's this?)

About the Author

Exeter College, University of Oxford

Table of Contents

List of PlatesList of AbbreviationsIn Search of an AestheticDelacrioxDe l'essence du rireCaricatureFrom Landscape to the Painting of Modern LifeManetLanguage and RhetoricBibliographyIndex