Charles Baudelaire is often regarded as the founder of modernist poetry. Written with clarity and verve, Baudelaire's World provides English-language readers with the biographical, historical, and cultural contexts that will lead to a fuller...
Lloyd also explores the possibilities and limitations of translation. As an integral part of her treatment of the life, poetry and letters of her subject, she also reflects on published translations of Baudelaire's work and offers some of her own translations.