Intimate Papers

Name: Intimate Papers
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Baudelaire
ISBN: 9798212643214

Author: Charles Baudelaire, Joseph T. Shipley

Narrator: Denis Daly

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Voices of Today Pty LTD

Published: 05/09/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

Synopsis

This collection contains miscellaneous notes and fragments found after the death of Baudelaire. They reveal in miniature the many and varied aspects of the moral and intellectual life of the author.Included are reflections not only on poetry, but also on painting and music, displaying Baudelaire’s finely-honed critical instincts.

About Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) was a French poet and essayist and one of the leading figures in the movement which later became known as Modernism. His output was small, and his work is characterized by an intense subjectivity and an eroticism which was considered scandalous at the time.

About Denis Daly

Denis Daly is an audiobook narrator and codirector of Voices of Today, an Australian spoken word production house.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan

Some scattered reflections. I was rather surprised to discover that Baudelaire was an aristocrat, quite a misogynist, a dandy, and that he ended up praying to God, addicted to opium, impoverished, and quite miserable.......more