The Flowers of Evil
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The Flowers of Evil

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The Flowers of Evil

The Definitive English Language Edition

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Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire's infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism, and of social life through an astonishing variety of poetic forms and styles. This edition adds the poems banned from the original 1857 publication to the expanded collection of 1861 and includes an introduction from the translator, acclaimed poetry scholar Nathan Brown.

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Information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781804296615
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Titlepage
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: The Poetics of Contradiction in The Flowers of Evil
  6. Translator’s Statement
  7. Note on the Text
  8. The Flowers of Evil [1861]
  9. Dedication
  10. To the Reader
  11. Spleen And Ideal
  12. I. Benediction
  13. II. The Albatross
  14. III. Elevation
  15. IV. Correspondences
  16. V. I love the memory of those naked epochs
  17. VI. The Beacons
  18. VII. The Sick Muse
  19. VIII. The Venal Muse
  20. IX. The Wretched Monk
  21. X. The Enemy
  22. XI. Misfortune
  23. XII. The Previous Life
  24. XIII. Voyaging Gypsies
  25. XIV. Man and Sea
  26. XV. Don Juan in Hell
  27. XVI. Punishment for Pride
  28. XVII. Beauty
  29. XVIII. Ideal
  30. XIX. The Giantess
  31. XX. The Mask
  32. XXI. Hymn to Beauty
  33. The Jewels
  34. XXII. Exotic Perfume
  35. XXIII. Hair
  36. XXIV. I adore you even as the nocturnal vault
  37. XXV. You’d take the whole universe into your lair
  38. XXVI. Sed Non Satiata
  39. XXVII. With her wavering and pearly gowns
  40. XXVIII. The Dancing Serpent
  41. XXIX. A Carrion
  42. XXX. De Profundis Clamavi
  43. XXXI. The Vampire
  44. Lethe
  45. XXXII. One night as I lay with a frightful Jewess
  46. XXXIII. Posthumous Regret
  47. XXXIV. The Cat
  48. XXXV. Duellum
  49. XXXVI. The Balcony
  50. XXXVII. The Possessed
  51. XXXVIII. A Phantom
  52. XXXIX. I give you these verses so that if my name
  53. XL. Semper Eadem
  54. XLI. All Entire
  55. XLII. What will you say this evening, poor solitary soul
  56. XLIII. The Living Torch
  57. To She Who Is Too Gay
  58. XLIV. Reversibility
  59. XLV. Confession
  60. XLVI. Spiritual Dawn
  61. XLVII. Evening Harmony
  62. XLVIII. The Flask
  63. XLIX. Poison
  64. L. Hazy Sky
  65. LI. The Cat
  66. LII. The Beautiful Ship
  67. LIII. Invitation to the Voyage
  68. LIV. The Irreparable
  69. LV. Chit-chat
  70. LVI. Song of Autumn
  71. LVII. To a Madonna
  72. LVIII. Song of the Afternoon
  73. LIX. Sisina
  74. LX. Franciscae Meae Laudes
  75. LXI. To a Creole Lady
  76. LXII. Moesta et Errabunda
  77. LXIII. The Revenant
  78. LXIV. Autumn Sonnet
  79. LXV. Sorrows of the Moon
  80. LXVI. Cats
  81. LXVII. The Owls
  82. LXVIII. The Pipe
  83. LXIX. Music
  84. LXX. Sepulcher
  85. LXXI. A Fantastic Engraving
  86. LXXII. The Happy Corpse
  87. LXXIII. The Cask of Hate
  88. LXXIV. The Cracked Bell
  89. LXXV. Spleen (Pluvius, irritated with 
)
  90. LXXVI. Spleen (I have more memories 
)
  91. LXXVII. Spleen (I am like the king 
)
  92. LXXVIII. Spleen (When the sky low and heavy 
)
  93. LXXIX. Obsession
  94. LXXX. The Taste for Nothingness
  95. LXXXI. Alchemy of Sorrow
  96. LXXXII. Sympathetic Horror
  97. LXXXIII. Heauton Timorumenos
  98. LXXXIV. The Irremediable
  99. LXXXV. The Clock
  100. Parisian Tableaux
  101. LXXXVI. Landscape
  102. LXXXVII. The Sun
  103. LXXXVIII. To a Redheaded Beggar
  104. LXXXIX. The Swan
  105. XC. The Seven Old Men
  106. XCI. The Little Old Ladies
  107. XCII. The Blind
  108. XCIII. To a Passerby
  109. XCIV. The Skeleton Laborer
  110. XCV. Evening Twilight
  111. XCVI. Gambling
  112. XCVII. Danse Macabre
  113. XCVIII. Love of the Lie
  114. XCIX. I have not forgotten, next to the city
  115. C. The big-hearted servant of whom you were jealous
  116. CI. Mists and Rains
  117. CII. Parisian Dream
  118. CIII. Morning Twilight
  119. Wine
  120. CIV. The Soul of Wine
  121. CV. The Wine of the Ragpickers
  122. CVI. The Wine of the Murderer
  123. CVII. The Wine of the Hermit
  124. CVIII. The Wine of Lovers
  125. Flowers Of Evil
  126. CIX. Destruction
  127. CX. A Martyr
  128. Lesbos
  129. Damned Women (Delphine and Hippolyta)
  130. CXI. Damned Women (Recumbent on the sand 
)
  131. CXII. The Two Good Sisters
  132. CXIII. The Fountain of Blood
  133. CXIV. Allegory
  134. CXV. Beatrice
  135. Metamorphoses of the Vampire
  136. CXVI. A Voyage to Cythera
  137. CXVII. Love and the Skull
  138. Revolt
  139. CXVIII. Saint Peter’s Denial
  140. CXIX. Abel and Cain
  141. CXX. The Litanies of Satan
  142. Death
  143. CXXI. The Death of Lovers
  144. CXXII. The Death of the Poor
  145. CXXIII. The Death of Artists
  146. CXXIV. The End of Day
  147. CXXV. An Eccentric’s Dream
  148. CXXVI. The Voyage
  149. Table des matiĂšres
  150. Les Fleurs du Mal [1861]
  151. DĂ©dicace
  152. Au Lecteur
  153. Spleen Et Idéal
  154. I. Bénédiction
  155. II. L’Albatros
  156. III. ÉlĂ©vation
  157. IV. Correspondances
  158. V. J’aime le souvenir de ces Ă©poques nues,
  159. VI. Les Phares
  160. VII. La Muse malade
  161. VIII. La Muse vénale
  162. IX. Le Mauvais Moine
  163. X. L’Ennemi
  164. XI. Le Guignon
  165. XII. La Vie antérieure
  166. XIII. Bohémiens en voyage
  167. XIV. L’Homme et la mer
  168. XV. Don Juan aux enfers
  169. XVI. Chñtiment de l’orgueil
  170. XVII. La Beauté
  171. XVIII. L’IdĂ©al
  172. XIX. La GĂ©ante
  173. XX. Le Masque
  174. XXI. Hymne à la Beauté
  175. Les Bijoux
  176. XXII. Parfum exotique
  177. XXIII. La Chevelure
  178. XXIV. Je t’adore Ă  l’égal de la voĂ»te nocturne,
  179. XXV. Tu mettrais l’univers entier dans ta ruelle,
  180. XXVI. Sed non satiata
  181. XXVII. Avec ses vĂȘtements ondoyants et nacrĂ©s,
  182. XXVIII. Le Serpent qui danse
  183. XXIX. Une charogne
  184. XXX. De profundis clamavi
  185. XXXI. Le Vampire
  186. Le Léthé
  187. XXXII. Une nuit que j’étais prĂšs d’une affreuse Juive,
  188. XXXIII. Remords postume
  189. XXXIV. Le Chat
  190. XXXV. Duellum
  191. XXXVI. Le Balcon
  192. XXXVII. Le Possédé
  193. XXXVIII. Un fantĂŽme
  194. XXXIX. Je te donne ces vers afin que si mon nom
  195. XL. Semper eadem
  196. XLI. Tout entiĂšre
  197. XLII. Que diras-tu ce soir, pauvre Ăąme solitaire,
  198. XLIII. Le Flambeau vivant
  199. À celle qui est trop gaie
  200. XLIV. Réversibilité
  201. XLV. Confession
  202. XLVI. L’Aube spirituelle
  203. XLVII. Harmonie du soir
  204. XLVIII. Le Flacon
  205. XLIX. Le Poison
  206. L. Ciel brouillé
  207. LI. Le Chat
  208. LII. Le Beau Navire
  209. LIII. L’Invitation au voyage
  210. LIV. L’IrrĂ©parable
  211. LV. Causerie
  212. LVI. Chant d’automne
  213. LVII. À une Madone
  214. LVIII. Chanson d’aprùs-midi
  215. LIX. Sisina
  216. LX. FranciscĂŠ meĂŠ laudes
  217. LXI. À une dame crĂ©ole
  218. LXII. MƓsta et errabunda
  219. LXIII. Le Revenant
  220. LXIV. Sonnet d’automne
  221. LXV. Tristesses de la lune
  222. LXVI. Les Chats
  223. LXVII. Les Hiboux
  224. LXVIII. La Pipe
  225. LXIX. La Musique
  226. LXX. SĂ©pulture
  227. LXXI. Une gravure fantastique
  228. LXXII. Le Mort joyeux
  229. LXXIII. Le Tonneau de la Haine
  230. LXXIV. La Cloche fĂȘlĂ©e
  231. LXXV. Spleen (PluviÎse, irrité contre
)
  232. LXXVI. Spleen (J’ai plus de souvenirs
)
  233. LXXVII. Spleen (Je suis comme le roi
)
  234. LXXVIII. Spleen (Quant le ciel bas et lourd
)
  235. LXXIX. Obsession
  236. LXXX. Le Goût du néant
  237. LXXXI. Alchimie de la douleur
  238. LXXXII. Horreur sympathetique
  239. LXXXIII. L’HĂ©autontimoroumĂ©nos
  240. LXXXIV. L’IrrĂ©mĂ©diable
  241. LXXXV. L’Horloge
  242. Tableaux Parisiens
  243. LXXXVI. Paysage
  244. LXXXVII. Le Soleil
  245. LXXXVIII. À une mendiante rousse
  246. LXXXIX. Le Cygne
  247. XC. Les Sept Vieillards
  248. XCI. Les Petites Vieilles
  249. XCII. Les Aveugles
  250. XCIII. À une passante
  251. XCIV. Le Squelette laboureur
  252. XCV. Le Crépuscule du soir
  253. XCVI. Le Jeu
  254. XCVII. Danse macabre
  255. XCVIII. L’Amour du mensonge
  256. XCIX. Je n’ai pas oubliĂ©, voisine de la ville,
  257. C. La servante au grand cƓur dont vous Ă©tiez jalouse,
  258. CI. Brumes et pluies
  259. CII. RĂȘve parisien
  260. CIII. Le Crépuscule du matin
  261. Le Vin
  262. CIV. L’Âme du vin
  263. CV. Le Vin des chiffonniers
  264. CVI. Le Vin de l’assassin
  265. CVII. Le Vin du solitaire
  266. CVIII. Le Vin des amants
  267. Fleurs Du Mal
  268. CIX. La Destruction
  269. CX. Une martyre
  270. Lesbos
  271. Femmes damnées (Delphine et Hippolyte)
  272. CXI. Femmes damnées (Comme un bétail pensif
)
  273. CXII. Les Deux Bonnes SƓurs
  274. CXIII. Le Fontaine du sang
  275. CXIV. Allégorie
  276. CXV. La BĂ©atrice
  277. La MĂ©tamorphoses du vampire
  278. CXVI. Un voyage Ă  CythĂšre
  279. CXVII. L’Amour et le crñne
  280. RĂ©volte
  281. CXVIII. Le Reniement de saint Pierre
  282. CXIX. Abel et CaĂŻn
  283. CXX. Les Litanies de Satan
  284. La Mort
  285. CXXI. La Mort des amants
  286. CXXII. La Mort des pauvres
  287. CXXIII. La Mort des artistes
  288. CXXIV. La Fin de la journée
  289. CXXV. Le RĂȘve d’un curieux
  290. CXXVI. Le Voyage
  291. Notes