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The painter of modern life and other essays / Charles Baudelaire ; translated and edited by Jonathan Mayne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Art & lettersPublisher: London : Phaidon, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Edition: second editionDescription: xviii,310 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714833657 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 700 B.C.P
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction ix -- CHAPTER I The Painter of Modern Life -- CHAPTER 2 The Life and Work of Eugène Delacroix -- CHAPTER 3 Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Works 70 -- CHAPTER 4 Further Notes on Edgar Poe 91 -- CHAPTER 5 Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris -- CHAPTER 6 On the Essence of Laughter 147 -- CHAPTER 7 Some French Caricaturists 166 -- CHAPTER 8 Some Foreign Caricaturists 187 -- CHAPTER 9 A Philosophy of Toys 198 -- CHAPTER 10 Philosophic Art 205 -- Notes The Plates 237 -- Notes to the Plates 295 -- Bibliographical Note 301 -- Short Bibliography 303 -- Index.
Summary: A collection of essays by the nineteenth century French poet, critic, and translator looks at such varied subjects as the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, the essence of laughter, and philosophic art.
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Previous edition: 1964.

Preface -- Introduction ix -- CHAPTER I The Painter of Modern Life -- CHAPTER 2 The Life and Work of Eugène Delacroix -- CHAPTER 3 Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Works 70 -- CHAPTER 4 Further Notes on Edgar Poe 91 -- CHAPTER 5 Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris -- CHAPTER 6 On the Essence of Laughter 147 -- CHAPTER 7 Some French Caricaturists 166 -- CHAPTER 8 Some Foreign Caricaturists 187 -- CHAPTER 9 A Philosophy of Toys 198 -- CHAPTER 10 Philosophic Art 205 -- Notes The Plates 237 -- Notes to the Plates 295 -- Bibliographical Note 301 -- Short Bibliography 303 -- Index.

A collection of essays by the nineteenth century French poet, critic, and translator looks at such varied subjects as the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, the essence of laughter, and philosophic art.

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