The Poem of Hashish [EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition] - Couverture souple

Baudelaire, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1425014348 ISBN 13 : 9781425014346

Editeur : ReadHowYouWant.com, 2007

Synopsis

A comprehensive and factual essay in which Baudelaire analyses the feelings, both pleasurable and torturous, experienced by an opium user and the intense effort it takes to overcome the addiction. Delving deep into the subject, he traces the origins of the plant from which hashish is made. The essay is highly informative and serves as a warning to current and would-be opium users.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du mal; (1857; The Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century. Similarly, his Petits poèmes en prose (1868; "Little Prose Poems") was the most successful and innovative early experiment in prose poetry of the time. Known for his highly controversial, and often dark poetry, as well as his translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire's life was filled with drama and strife, from financial disaster to being prosecuted for obscenity and blasphemy. Long after his death many look upon his name as representing depravity and vice: Others see him as being the poet of modern civilization, seeming to speak directly to the 21st century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ReadHowYouWant.com
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1425014348
• ISBN 13: 9781425014346
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 84
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible