Flowers of evil. Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose, by Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock

Abstract

Flowers of Evil, by Baudelaire, were the subject, in 1929, of a free translation, in prose, by Caterina Bower Alcock, illustrated by Beresford Egan. This translation and its refined layout are indicative of Baudelaire’s image as a master of decadent aesthetics in England in the 1920s and 1930s.

Keywords

• Baudelaire (Charles)
• Flowers of Evil
• traduction
• illustration
• decadence