Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed

In Charles Baudelaire's late poetry, drafts of poems, and prose fragments, Richard Sieburth provides critical commentary and contextual information, presenting a comprehensive view of the genesis and fate of these daring and unconventional works.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2023
Publisher: Yale University Press

Charles Baudelaire's late poetry, prose fragments, and drafts are essential to modern poetics, even though they are not as well known as his other works. This volume brings together these fragmentary writings for the first time, edited by Richard Sieburth. Sieburth's substantial introductions provide literary context, formal analysis, and reception history, offering a comprehensive understanding of the genesis and fate of these works. Baudelaire's turn to fragmentary writing involved a rejection of perfection and unity, as well as a departure from traditional lyric harmonies in favor of prose disjunctions. These daring and often painful works showcase his unconventional beauty and misanthropy.

Charles Baudelaire's late poetry, prose fragments, and drafts are essential to modern poetics, even though they are not as well known as his other works. This volume brings together these fragmentary writings for the first time, edited by Richard Sieburth. Sieburth's substantial introductions provide literary context, formal analysis, and reception history, offering a comprehensive understanding of the genesis and fate of these works. Baudelaire's turn to fragmentary writing involved a rejection of perfection and unity, as well as a departure from traditional lyric harmonies in favor of prose disjunctions. These daring and often painful works showcase his unconventional beauty and misanthropy.

Weight: 552g
Dimension: 156 x 237 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300270495