Poems by Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire is one of the greatest French poets. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), was deemed scandalous at the time because of its themes of sex and death, lesbianism, corruption, wine, and the oppressiveness of living. Its powerful imagery and ravaging use of the senses had many name him an unequaled master; the effect on fellow artists was "immense, prodigious, unexpected, mingled with admiration and with some indefinable anxious fear", while the regime of the Second Empire had Baudelaire prosecuted and fined for his "insult to public decency". Baudelaire's style had a tremendous influence on French poetry and also on English writers; he was a pioneering translator, and created strong ties with the Anglo-Saxon literature.
We have selected for you 16 of his most striking poems in the most precise translation available:
Author - Charles Baudelaire.
Narrator - Katie Haigh.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Charles Baudelaire is one of the greatest French poets. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), was deemed scandalous at the time because of its themes of sex and death, lesbianism, corruption, wine, and the oppressiveness of living. Its powerful imagery and ravaging use of the senses had many name him an unequaled master; the effect on fellow artists was "immense, prodigious, unexpected, mingled with admiration and with some indefinable anxious fear", while the regime of the Second Empire had Baudelaire prosecuted and fined for his "insult to public decency". Baudelaire's style had a tremendous influence on French poetry and also on English writers; he was a pioneering translator, and created strong ties with the Anglo-Saxon literature. We have selected for you 16 of his most striking poems in the most precise translation available: Author - Charles Baudelaire. Narrator - Katie Haigh. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Duration:00:00:55
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
Duration:00:02:41
Chapter 8
Duration:00:03:55
Chapter 9
Duration:00:01:29
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
Duration:00:02:55
Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
Duration:00:00:47