Darkly poetic, this modern translation conveys the unique eloquence of the original text. This volume also contains a translation of the epigrammatic Poesies.
Insolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror,
by the self-styled Comte de Lautreamont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows the experiences of Maldoror, a master of disguises pursued by the police as the incarnation of evil, as he makes his way through a nightmarish realm of angels and gravediggers, hermaphrodites and prostitutes, lunatics and strange children. Delirious, erotic, blasphemous and grandiose by turns, this hallucinatory novel captured the imagination of artists and writers as diverse as Modigliani, Verlaine, Andre Gide and Andre Breton; it was hailed by the twentieth-century Surrealist movement as a formative and revelatory masterpiece.
By:
Comte Lautreamont Translated by:
Paul Knight Imprint: Penguin Classics Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 217g ISBN:9780140443424 ISBN 10: 0140443428 Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 May 1978 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Maldoror and PoemsIntroduction to Maldoror Maldoror Introduction to Poems Poems
