Le Spleen de Paris

by Charles Baudelaire

Overview

Une édition de référence de Le Spleen de Paris de Charles Baudelaire, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Et, ivre de ma folie, le lui criai furieusement : « La vie en beau ! la vie en beau ! » Ces plaisanteries nerveuses ne sont pas sans péril, et on peut souvent les payer cher. Mais qu'importe l'éternité de la damnation à qui a trouvé dans une seconde l'infini de la jouissance ? » (Extrait de « Le Mauvais Vitrier »)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782806242211
Publisher:	Candide & Cyrano
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	89
File size:	530 KB
Language:	French

About the Author

Charles Baudelaire: Baudelaire (1821-1867) was France's most influential nineteenth-century poet. He was also a brilliant critic. A controversial figure in his lifetime, his collection of poems Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) is regarded as a masterpiece.

Francis Scarfe: Francis Scarfe (1911-1986) was a lecturer in French poetry at Glasgow University before and again after World War II. From 1959 to 1978, he was director of the British Institute. In recognition of his contribution to Anglo-French cultural relations he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1962), and for his work on Baudelaire he was awarded the Prix de L'Ile Saint-Louis (1966); on his retirement in 1978 he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. He was the author of four collections of poetry and of the critical works Auden and After and André Chénier, His Life and Work.