The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen

This bilingual volume offers a carefully curated selection of Baudelaire's poetry, featuring fifty poems from The Flowers of Evil alongside twelve prose poems from Paris Spleen, each presented with parallel French originals for immersive reading. Accompanying these works is a critical afterword by Henry Bugalho that explores Baudelaire's recurring theme of doubling and the structural innovations underlying his poetry. Complete with biographical details, translations, and contextual notes, this edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the poet’s range, revealing both his formal perfection and his break from tradition.