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Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. He turned abstractions like Existence and Being, Freedom and Nature, into a theory of psychoanalysis, grounded in man's creativity and opposed to Freudian determinism. Then he put the theory into practice in this book on Baudelaire.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1207675 in Books
• Published on: 1972-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780811201896
• Condition: NEW
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Customer Reviews

Familiarity With Baudelaire a Must...
Rather than a biography of Baudelaire or a critical examination of his works, this book (actually more like a lengthy essay) is an exhaustive existential psychoanalysis of the poet by Mr. Sarte, based on images from his poems, correspondence with friends and family, his essays on poetry and art... it's kind of a harsh judgement on the guy, actually, stating in no uncertain terms that Baudelaire was an extremely repressed and control-obsessed individual whose greatest creation and greatest failure was his public persona. While reading this, I couldn't help but wonder what the motivation for behind it all was... I can't say I agree with all of his conclusions (even if I did, should it make me enjoy his poetry any more or less?), but it's thought-provoking in the very least.

You will definately need to really understand his writing be
I thought this book was difficult to get into to but there are sharp questions to hit on throughtout it.