Description

Jean-Paul Sartre's profound exploration delves into the life and work of Charles Baudelaire, offering a unique psychoanalytic perspective. Sartre reinterprets existential concepts such as existence, being, and freedom, grounding them in human creativity and positing an alternative to Freudian determinism. This critical study not only illuminates Baudelaire's genius but also serves as a practical application of Sartre's own philosophical theories. It is a seminal work of modern criticism that challenges conventional understandings of art, psychology, and the human condition.

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New Directions Publishing

Published Jan 1, 1950

196 pages

ISBN: 9780811201896

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New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published Jan 1, 1969

192 pages

ISBN: 9780811201889

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Penguin Classics

Published Nov 30, 2000

272 pages

ISBN: 9780141185491

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New Directions

Published May 23, 2007

192 pages

ISBN: 9780811217002

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Community Reviews(1)

@gxuosiJul 3, 2026

we can have a little depersonalization disorder, for funsies. anyways antoine was insufferable, the self taught man too demanding, and anny too self absorbed and cruel.

Details

First Published

1938

Language

fra

Translation

From: fra

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