Baudelaire in 1859 - A Study in the Sources of Poetic Creativity

Klappentext This book is an intensive study of what was by far the most productive year in Baudelaire's literary career. Zusammenfassung This book is an intensive study of what was by far the most productive year in Baudelaire's literary career. It combines biographical investigation with detailed textual analysis in order to locate the sources of the extraordinary 'explosion' (Baudelaires' own word) of poetic creativity that he experienced during that year. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Baudelaire at Honfleur; 2. Two journeys: 'Le Voyage' and 'La Chevelure'; 3. The Protean self: 'Les Sept Vieillards' and 'Les Petites Vieilles'; 4. 'La Belle aux cheveux d'or': woman, death and the theatre; 5. The lyric explosion: a reading of 'Le Cygne'; Conclusion: 'La Reine des facultés'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Richard D. E. Burton, Richard D.E. Burton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521114141
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11414-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies