Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony

by Sonya Stephens

Overview

This book considers Baudelaire's prose poetry as an exploration of the duality of the genre. It considers the ironic and parodic aspects of the work and, in the light of Baudelaire's own theories of the comic, argues that his prose poetry is best understood as a form of literary caricature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198158776
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/16/2000
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	8.67(w) x 5.75(h) x 0.65(d)
Lexile:	1680L (what's this?)

About the Author

Royal Holloway College, University of London

Table of Contents

1. Thresholds2. Lyricism and its Others3. The Politics of Form4. The Prose Poem and the Dualities of Comic ArtSelect BibliographyIndex