{"product_id":"paris-spleen-1869-9780811200073","title":"Paris Spleen: 1869","description":"Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of the terrain Baudelaire had covered in his verse masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eThe Flowers of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e: the city and its squalor and inequalities, the pressures of time and mortality, and the liberation provided by the sensual delights of intoxication, art, and women. Published posthumously in 1869, \u003cem\u003eParis Spleen\u003c\/em\u003e was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry--a format which Baudelaire saw as particularly suited for expressing the feelings of uncertainty, flux, and freedom of his age--and one of the founding texts of literary modernism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baudelaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Paperbook #294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.22w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811200073","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439353958537,"sku":"9780811200073","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_68b8c30c-fcab-4ea4-a6c4-c3eb967c6e7a.jpg?v=1716272029","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/paris-spleen-1869-9780811200073","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}