Kategorie: Poets
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Evil as Part of Human Nature
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/3 A Different View of Evil In part 2 of the series with poems from Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal, it was emphasised that the meaning of „le mal“ cannot be reduced to „evil“. It is true that there are some…
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The Fleurs du mal – Flowers of Evil?
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/2 Les Fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire’s famous collection of poems, is usually translated as „The Flowers of Evil“. However, the meaning of „le mal“ is far more complex – Baudelaire’s poetic flowers do not exclusively arise from „evil“. The…
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Charles Baudelaire’s poem L’Ennemi (The Enemy)
First Part of a Series with Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) The life of the French poet Charles Baudelaire was marked by numerous vicissitudes, some of which were already inherent in his difficult youth. This is also evident in his…
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Jacques Prévert – the Poet of Everyday Life
A Portrait Based on Selected Poems Jacques Prévert is a poetic icon in France today, his poems are part of the school curriculum. Given the poet’s deliberate distance from high culture and notably from traditional school education, this is not devoid of irony. eBook PDF
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There is No Time for War!
Jacques Prévert’s Anti-war Poems Jacques Prévert saw war as firmly anchored in the structures of modern society. For him, social criticism was therefore also a form of lived pacifism. Peace Speeches Statesmanlike oaths statue-like wordsFreedom! Peace! Fraternity!but all of a sudden a stumble a fallinto the maw of a hollow…
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Against the Demonisation of the Joy of Life
Criticism of Capitalism and the Official Church in Jacques Prévert’s Poems Jacques Prévert’s criticism of capitalism and the official Church were closely linked. Both were accused by him of criminalising the spontaneous enjoyment of life. Wasted Time In front of the factory gatea faltering stepa questioning look back:the smile of…
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