CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

<p><strong>CHARLES BAUDELAIRE: HIS LIFE</strong></p><p><br></p><p>By Théophile Gautier</p><p>With poems translated by Guy Thorne</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Charles Baudelaire</strong> (1821-1867) was a celebrated 19th century French poet author of the famous <em>Flowers of Evil </em>poetic sequence first published in 1857. Baudelaire is a poet's poet <em>par excellence</em> a brilliant craftsman who produced some of the finest poems in the French language. Baudelaire was known as a dandy who led a bohemian lifestyle; he knew many of the artists of the era (Manet Nadar Delacroix and Gautier). Baudelaire's influence on subsequent poets and artists has been immense. </p><p>This book by Charles Baudelaire's friend Théophile Gautier is an important early study of the poet. Gautier offers a biography of the poet and looks at his work. In the second part Guy Thorne translates a selections of Baudelaire's poems including from his two best-known collections - the F<em>lowers of Evil </em>and the <em>Little Poems In Prose</em>. A group of letters from Baudelaire are also included and an essay on Baudelaire's influence. </p><p><br></p><p>Illustrated. 204 pages. Paperback with a full colour cover.</p><p>With the French text of Baudelaire's poetry. </p><p>www.crmoon.com</p><p><br></p>