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Baudelaire's Paris - an illustrated literary tour

Price:

$3.49

Author:

Nigel Woodhead

Publisher:

FishesEye Publishing (All Products by FishesEye Publishing)

Publish Date:

Dec 16, 2005

ISBN:

Category:

Literary Collections

Language:

English

Type:

Downloadable

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Summary:

A guided tour through 19th century Bohemian Paris, evocatively illustrated, with suggested poems for each of the important locations from the French poet's life. Visit some of the locations that inspired Charles' Baudelaire's poetic masterpiece, Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil): Two literary tours through the sites that mark the poet?s life, each ending at his grave. Anecdotes at each address explain the poet's friendships with other artistic and literary figures including Gautier, de Nerval, Manet and Delacroix. Also includes a list of the best internet sites on Baudelaire. The book's illustrations are designed to give it the flavour of a volume of poetry from the mid 19th century, contemporary to the publication of Baudelaire?s work. At each of the sites, one of Baudelaire?s best poems is presented, in the original French, and with an English translation. The book includes a virtual Biographical Tour, chronologically organised, plus a Left Bank Walking Tour through the French capital, geographically organised, with clear instructions for visiting the sites on foot and by public transport.

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Author biography:

Nigel Woodhead, 45, has spent much of his career as a technical writer and business consultant. He has published one book (Hypertext and Hypermedia, Sigma Press and Addison-Wesley). He now lives mainly in France, where among other activities he and his wife run a holiday g accredited by the World Wildlife Fund

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