The Cambridge Companion to Baudelaire

A comprehensive and stimulating guide to the extraordinary poet, his work, and his influence on modern literature.

Rosemary Lloyd (Edited by)

9780521537827, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 January 2006

258 pages
22.9 x 16.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.35 kg

'In this excellent collection of sixteen essays the editor sets out to explore the wide-ranging effects of Bauledaire's writing both in French literature and further afield.' Contemporary Review

Charles Baudelaire's place among the great poets of the Western world is undisputed, and his influence on the development of poetry since his lifetime has been enormous. In this Companion, essays by outstanding scholars illuminate Baudelaire's writing both for the lay reader and for specialists. In addition to a survey of his life and a study of his social context, the volume includes essays on his verse and prose, analyzing the extraordinary power and effectiveness of his language and style, his exploration of intoxicants like wine and opium, and his art and literary criticism. The volume also discusses the difficulties, successes and failures of translating his poetry and his continuing power to move his readers. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, this Companion provides students and scholars of Baudelaire and of nineteenth-century French and European literature with a comprehensive and stimulating overview of this extraordinary poet.

Preface
Chronology
1. Charles Baudelaire, a life in writing John E. Jackson
2. Baudelaire's politics Dolf Oehler
3. Baudelaire's poetic journey in Les Fleurs du Mal Barbara Wright
4. Experimenting with verse form Rachel Killick
5. The prose poetry Sonya Stephens
6. Baudelairean ethics Edward Kaplan
7. Baudelaire's Paris Ross Chambers
8. Baudelaire and intoxicants E. S. Burt
9. Art and its representation J. A. Hiddleston
10. Music and theatre Margaret Miner
11. Baudelaire's literary criticism Rosemary Lloyd
12. Baudelaire's place in literary and cultural history Beryl Schlossman
13. A woman reading Baudelaire Mary Ann Caws
14. Translating Baudelaire Clive Scott
15. A twenty-first century poet's response to Baudelaire Judith Vollmer
Afterword Claude Pichois
Guide to further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]