The Parisian Prowler: Le spleen de Paris: petits poe`mes en prose
This collection of 50 prose poems, first published in 1862 as Le Spleen de Paris , is Baudelaire's attempt to describe the contradictions, fables, and fictions of city life in an innovative poetic prose. Kaplan's choice of title is indeed a good one, for though it was not the title of the original edition it is an expression often used by Baudelaire. Rendered in present-day English, the poems are restored to their original "modernity," allowing the reader to appreciate Baudelaire's subtle moods and ambiguities. This annotated edition, illustrated with the works of Baudelaire's contemporaries (Daumier, Manet, and Whistler, to name just a few) succeeds in shaking the dust from two earlier translations (Arthur Symons's in 1905 and Louise Varese's in 1947) and brings to light Baudelaire's precocious contributions to modern thought.- Danielle Mihram, Univ. of Southern California Lib.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.