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title: "Charles Baudelaire: The Complete Verse (Anvil Editions) (English and French Edition)"
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# Charles Baudelaire: The Complete Verse (Anvil Editions) (English and French Edition)

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- **What is this?** Charles Baudelaire: The Complete Verse (Anvil Editions) (English and French Edition) by charles baudelairefrancis scarfe
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Charles Baudelaire: The Complete Verse (Anvil Editions) (English and French Edition)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful and Visionary
*by T***. on August 19, 2019*

The first translation of Charles Baudelaire I found was by Joanna Richardson (1975) and was a good place to start with his poetry. Years later I found a beautiful translation of Baudelaire's Complete Poems by Francis Scarfe (2nd Ed. 2012) that changed my view on them entirely. Baudelaire translated most of Poe's poetry and his poems (like Poe's) are vivid, other-worldly and haunted by a deep longing but also beautiful and visionary in nature.I understood that Baudelaire’s translations of Poe became the foundation of the (French) symbolist/imagist poets work to follow in the 19th century (including Rimbaud). Poe was a Virginian for some time (having attended UVa. and his work and especially his poems have become more important for me as time has gone on. I loved the freedom of Baudelaire and the symbolist poets, it is a beautiful and exalted language of the dream.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Comparisons are odious
*by Z***N on December 24, 2014*

Agree with the review by Strand.Some comparisons with other editions of Les Fleurs du mal: Howard's translations are not on the same or facing page. McGowan's translations are in verse, and sometimes favor rhythm over accuracy. Certainly word order can change. Some examples:"La sottise, l'erreur, le peche, la lésine" McGowan: Folly and error, stinginess and sin. Scarfe: Stupidity, error, sin and meanness."baise et mange" McGowan: suck and kiss, Scarfe: kisses and nibbles"Si le viol, le poison, le poignard, l'incendie" McGowan: If slaughter, or if arson, poison, rape. . . Scarfe: If rape and poison, dagger and arsonEpouvante is translated by McGowan as daunted, Scarfe as horrified.Scarfe is more literal. McGowan translates "crispe ses poings" as rages, Scarfe says "clenches her fists."I think if you are trying to read it in French, with a ready English reference, the Scarfe is preferable, and if you want a poetic, less literal, but more flowing English translation the McGowan would be a good choice.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars
*by C***Y on May 5, 2015*

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