The Flowers of Evil, which T. S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life. The volume was seized by the police, and Baudelaire and his published were put on trial for offence to public decency. Six offending poems were banned, in a conviction that was not overturned until 1949.
This bold new translation, which restores the banned poems to their original places and reveals the full richness and variety of the collection, makes available to English speakers a powerful and original version of the world. Jonathan Culler's Introduction outlines this vision, stressing that Baudelaire is more than just the poet of the modern city. Originally to be called `The Lesbians', The Flowers of Evil contains the most extraordinary body of love poetry. The poems also pose the question of the role of evil in our lives, of whether there are not external forces working to frustrate human plans and to enlist men and women on appalling or stultifying scenarios not of their own making.
Translated from French by James N McGowan, Professor of English, Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois, USA.
With an introduction by Jonathan Culler, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cornell University, USA.
《恶之花》的美妙之处,正在于那些血腥暴力、阴郁黑暗、强大牛X而又支离破碎的片段,让人反复穿行在阴霾的天幕,忧心忡忡那些不知何时会席卷而来的雷雨闪电,体味飞翔的速度中生存的快感,抒发一种不可言说的异样的情怀……《应和》是我对波德莱尔诗的第一印象,也是最深刻的印...
评分埃德加•爱伦•坡一八〇九年一月出生在波士顿,自幼父母双亡,同养父母生活。少年时期就表现出对诗歌的热爱。传记中最早一次关于坡的写诗记录,是在坡中学时代;坡的老友埃利斯晚年回忆说:爱伦夫妇对埃德加过于溺爱,给他送进最好的学校。并且要他练习最文雅的社交习惯。...
评分这个版本翻译较差,诵读起来味如嚼蜡。 只是说这个版本收录了所有诗作,真正叫个“全集”而已。
评分埃德加•爱伦•坡一八〇九年一月出生在波士顿,自幼父母双亡,同养父母生活。少年时期就表现出对诗歌的热爱。传记中最早一次关于坡的写诗记录,是在坡中学时代;坡的老友埃利斯晚年回忆说:爱伦夫妇对埃德加过于溺爱,给他送进最好的学校。并且要他练习最文雅的社交习惯。...
评分波德莱尔是批评家和诗人,除了这本传世的诗集《恶之花》,他还写了一些散文和文学、美术的评论。他的文章大多是发表在报纸杂志上。一般说来,这样的短文所具有的力量总是有限。但波德莱尔的这些短评使人们对艺术的观念产生改变,他被称为现代艺术的奠基者。 尊崇理性是波德莱...
just throw it out! unless you've learned / your rhetoric in Satan's school / you will not understand a word, / you'll think I am hysterical.
评分just throw it out! unless you've learned / your rhetoric in Satan's school / you will not understand a word, / you'll think I am hysterical.
评分just throw it out! unless you've learned / your rhetoric in Satan's school / you will not understand a word, / you'll think I am hysterical.
评分just throw it out! unless you've learned / your rhetoric in Satan's school / you will not understand a word, / you'll think I am hysterical.
评分just throw it out! unless you've learned / your rhetoric in Satan's school / you will not understand a word, / you'll think I am hysterical.
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