{"product_id":"9781861893635","title":"Charles Baudelaire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn nineteenth-century Paris, Charles Baudelaire provoked the excoriations of critics and was legally banned for corrupting public morality, yet he was a key influence on many later thinkers and writers, including Marcel Proust, Walter Benjamin, and T. S. Eliot. Baudelaire’s life was as controversial and vivid as his works, as Rosemary Lloyd reveals in \u003ci\u003eCharles Baudelaire\u003c\/i\u003e, a succinct yet learned recounting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            Lloyd argues that Baudelaire’s writings and life were intimately intertwined—and both were powerfully informed by contemporaneous political events, from his participation in the 1848 Revolution to the public morality codes that banned his controversial writings, such as \u003ci\u003eLes fleurs du mal\u003c\/i\u003e. The book traces the influence of these events and other political moments in his poems and essays and analyzes his works in this new light. Lloyd also examines the links between Baudelaire’s works and cultural movements of the time, from the rise and fall of Romanticism to symbolism, and explores his groundbreaking translations of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings into French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaudelaire’s tumultuous personal life figures large here, too, as Lloyd draws out fascinating aspects of his personality and daily life through analysis of archival writings of his friends and acquaintances. The book also documents his battles with syphilis and drug addiction, which ultimately resulted in his death. An engrossing and wholly readable biography, \u003ci\u003eCharles Baudelaire\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential for scholars and Baudelaire admirers alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039474401520,"sku":"9781861893635","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861893635_p0.jpg?v=1763600880","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861893635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}