As all the translations on the site date from over 60 years ago, you may wish to buy Anthony Mortimer’s stylish and clear modern translation it is available as an e-book or in traditional book form and comes with the original French versions. The 1868 edition contains all the poems that are now commonly used. It is this volume of poetry that I would like to discuss today.īefore we start, I would thoroughly recommend that you visit this website devoted to Les Fleurs du Mal, where you can consult the full text of the different editions, along with a variety of published translations. Six poems (mostly depicting lesbian desire) were suppressed, and a fine was imposed on the poet. The second was the volume of poetry called Les Fleurs du Mal ( The Flowers of Evil ), by Charles Baudelaire. The first was Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, which unblinkingly depicted the adulterous relationships of a bored provincial housewife. Two groundbreaking works, one published the year before, the other that year, were both subjected to trials for obscenity.
The year 1857 was an important one in the French literary landscape.
You may choose to read this analysis of Les Fleurs du Mal here or listen to it on the audio file at the end of the article. To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Baudelaire on April 9, we are rerunning Nick Hammond’s piece on him from last December.
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