When i was at university, a ta in one of my poetry courses gave me this book and i was. The end of the nineteenth century will yet have its poet, wrote ducasse. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The final collection, poesie, is a massive, worthy of study. Not speaking any french, i was unfortunate enough to read les chantes in translation. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Maldoror s shocked first publisher refused to bind the sheets of the original edition. Writer isidore ducasse who hid behind this pseudonym wrote two books and died at. Maldoror is a long narrative prose poem which celebrates the principle of evil in an elaborate style and with a passion akin to religions fanaticism.
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