The Baudelaire, Charles 1821-1867 creator Scott, Cyril 1879-1970 text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Flowers of Evil" by Charles Baudelaire is a volume of French poetry first published in 1857. This groundbreaking collection broke with tradition through suggestive imagery and unusual forms, exploring themes of decadence, eroticism, suffering, and death. Six poems were censored for immorality, and Baudelaire was prosecuted for insulting public decency. Despite—or perhaps because of—its controversy, the work became a cornerstone of the symbolist and modernist movements, profoundly influencing French poetry and earning recognition as a major literary achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal Release date is 2011-05-13 Produced by Andrea Ball and Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified French poetry -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36098 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36098 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133826.0 36098