R J Dent�s translation of Baudelaire�s The Flowers of Evil is published
R J Dent�s translation of The Flowers of Evil, Charles Baudelaire�s classic of French literature is published by Solar Books.
The Flowers of Evil is recognised as Baudelaire�s greatest literary achievement and it is now presented in R J Dent�s brand new translation which vividly brings Baudelaire�s masterpiece to life for the new millennium.
This volume also includes key texts from Baudelaire�s Artificial Paradise, his notorious examination of the effects of intoxication by alcohol and psychotropic drugs. In �On Wine and Hashish� and �The Poem of Hashish�, Baudelaire brilliantly evokes the agony and ecstasy of addiction.
The volume also contains an introductory essay by Guillaume Apollinaire, translated by R J Dent and published for the first time in English. The cover illustration is by Odilon Redon.
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