
by Claude Pichois (Author), Claude Pichois (Author)
Charles Baudelaire has been the subject of myth, anecdote and scandal. A rebel, political agitator, dandy and post-romantic debauchee, his was the most original poetic imagination since the Renaissance. This account of his life is lucid, stylish and compelling, presenting a definitive portrait of one of the strangest and most innovative figures in poetic history.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05 Sep 1991
ISBN 10: 009977710X
ISBN 13: 9780099777106
Book Overview: With a wealth of detail it retells the story, tragic yet at times heroic, of a literary adventurer who staked everything he had upon his art' Financial Times