{"product_id":"9780856464287","title":"Charles Baudelaire: Paris Blues: Poems in Prose (Le Spleen de Paris: Petits Poemes en prose)","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBaudelaire’s prose poems were written over many years and published in magazines between 1855 and his death in 1867. Francis Scarfe’s translations reflect a lifetime’s passion for Baudelaire’s work and a deep understanding of it. The appeal of this beautiful book’, he says in his introduction, lies in its wide range of subjects, its variations of tone and mood, its great variety of presentation and above all in its psychological subtleties. It shows the poet at the height of his powers, totally uninhibited in his expression of wonder, tenderness and compassion’. Francis Scarfe has appended an early prose extravaganza, the delightful short novel \u003ci\u003eLa Fanfarlo\u003c\/i\u003e (1847), which has much in common with the poems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe companion volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Verse\u003c\/i\u003e, contains all Baudelaire’s poetry in verse, from \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du mal\u003c\/i\u003e (1861) to his occasional poems and translations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrancis 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 Paris. For his work on Baudelaire he was awarded the Prix de L’Île Saint-Louis (1966). On retirement he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. He was the author of four collections of poetry, a verse translation of selected fables of La Fontaine, and the critical works \u003ci\u003eAuden and After\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAndré Chénier, His Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008671858928,"sku":"9780856464287","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856464287_p0.jpg?v=1763828352","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856464287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}