{"product_id":"selected-poems-by-charles-pierre-baudelaire-9780140446241","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of Baudelaire's explicit and unsettling poems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity everyday subjects ignored by French literary conventions of his time. \u003cem\u003eTableaux parisiens\u003c\/em\u003e portrays the brutal life of Paris's thieves, drunkards, and prostitutes amid the debris of factories and poorhouses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn love poems such as \u003cem\u003eLe Beau Navire\u003c\/em\u003e, flights of lyricism entwine with languorous eroticism, while prose poems such as \u003cem\u003eLa Chambre Double\u003c\/em\u003e deal with the agonies of artistic creation and mortality. With their startling combination of harsh reality and sublime beauty, formal ingenuity, and revolutionary poetic language, these poems, including a generous selection from \u003cem\u003eLes Fleurs du Mal\u003c\/em\u003e, show Baudelaire as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46509708345580,"sku":"9780140446241","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27350183482237.jpg?v=1748784224","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/selected-poems-by-charles-pierre-baudelaire-9780140446241","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}