Critical Insights The Poetry of Baudelaire

This collection of essays, by both seasoned Baudelaire scholars and by newcomers, reflects the breadth of the poet's artistic and intellectual worlds. Special attention is paid to Baudelaire's active interest in music and in the visual arts and how this relates to his poetry, in accordance with his insights into the correspondances' between the human senses. The poet's life and times are well documented, and close readings of key poems offer fresh perspectives on the mind and art of one of the g