Paris Spleen, 1869
| Author | : Charles Baudelaire |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1970 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0811200078 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780811200073 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (073 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Paris Spleen, 1869 by : Charles Baudelaire
Download or read book Paris Spleen, 1869 written by Charles Baudelaire and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1970 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baudelaire composed the series of prose poems known as Paris Spleen between 1855 and his death in 1867. He attached great importance to his work in this then unusual form, asking, "Which one of us, in his moments of ambition, has not dreamed of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical, without rhythm and without rhyme, supple enough and rugged enough to adapt itself to the lyrical impulses of the soul, the undulations of reverie, the jibes of conscience?"
