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Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony
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Literary CriticismLinguisticsGeneral Poetry
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ISBN10: 0198158777
ISBN13: 9780198158776
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 16 2000
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.75 Depth: 8.67
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780198158776
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 16 2000
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.75 Depth: 8.67
Language: English
This book considers Baudelaire's prose poetry as an exploration of the duality of the genre. It considers the ironic and parodic aspects of the work and, in the light of Baudelaire's own theories of the comic, argues that his prose poetry is best understood as a form of literary caricature.
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