Baudelaire the Damned

First published in 1982, this penetrating, immensely readable biography of the brilliant poet, translator, and art critic, F. W. J. Hemmings gives us a fascinating new perspective on Baudelaire''s extraordinary, complex personality, his artistic achievements, and his tormented life.

Hemmings, the noted biographer of Zola and Alexandre Dumas, has drawn on a great volume of material for this work, mu...