Une biographie explorant des facettes peu connues de la vie du poète, notamment son entourage et plus précisément ses liens avec son ami et éditeur Auguste Poulet-Malassis.
La 4e de couv. indique : "Enfant, Charles Baudelaire voulait être comédien. Cette fantaisie est très sérieuse : elle révèle toute l'importance que Baudelaire accorde à l'artifice, l'élément fondateur de son dandysme. Loin d'être une mode frivole ou juvénile, le dandysme représen…
As a child, Charles Baudelaire wanted to be an actor. This fantasy is very serious: it reveals all the importance that Baudelaire attaches to artifice, the founding element of his dandyism. Far from being frivolous or juvenile, Dandyism represents for him a philosophy which he c…
"Before he had turned twenty one, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) had upended the house of French poetry and left it in shambles. What makes Rimbaud's poetry important, argues Seth Whidden, is part of what makes his life so compelling: rebellion, audacity, creativity, and exploration…
"Before he had turned twenty one, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) had upended the house of French poetry and left it in shambles. What makes Rimbaud's poetry important, argues Seth Whidden, is part of what makes his life so compelling: rebellion, audacity, creativity, and exploration…
Undeniably one of the modern world's greatest literary figures, Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) left behind a correspondence documenting in intimate detail a life as intense in its extremes as his poetry. This extensive selection of his letters -- many translated for the first time…
