Dieter Hoffmann 
Charles Baudelaire’s Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) 
An Overview with Newly Translated Poems

Charles Baudelaire’s poetic flower garden exudes many different fragrances. The most exquisite of them enable us to achieve what Baudelaire regarded as the most noble goal of his poetry: they allow us to ’catch a glimpse of paradise’. The present book offers an exemplary overview of Baudelaire’s poetic flowers, combined with commentaries based on Baudelaire’s own poetological and philosophical reflections.

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Dieter Hoffmann geboren 1962 in Berlin ist ein deutscher Literaturwissenschaftler, Autor, Blogger und Verleger.