Artificial Paradises Paperback - 1994
by Charles P. Baudelaire; Stacy Diamond (Translator)
At the time of its release in 1860, Baudelaire's "Artificial Paradises" met with immediate praise. Beautifully wrought, this portrait of the effects of wine, opium, and hashish on the mind captures the dreamlike visions that the author experienced during his narcotic trances. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
First line
Every man who knows how to observe the capacities of his own intellect and who can retain the memory of his impressions, every man who, like Hoffmann, can construct his own spiritual barometer-will at times have had occasion to remark, in the observatory
From the rear cover
At the time of its release in 1860, Charles Baudelaire's "Artificial Paradises (Les Paradis Artificiels)" met with immediate praise. One of the most important French symbolists, Baudelaire led a debauched, violent, and ultimately tragic life, dying an opium addict in 1867. This book, a response to Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an Opium Eater, serves as a memoir of Baudelaire's last years.
In this beautifully wrought portrait of the effects of wine, opium, and hashish on the mind, Baudelaire captures the dreamlike visions he experienced during his narcotic trances. These hallucinations, sometimes exquisite, sometimes disturbing, and the delusions of grandeur that often accompanied them, constitute the Paradis Artificiels, the gorgeous yet false worlds of ecstasy that eventually led to his ruin. Contrasting the effects of hashish and opium with those of wine, Baudelaire concludes that "wine exalts the will, hashish destroys it" and makes idlers of all those who use it.
This new translation of a controversial book provides fascinating reading as well as a key to the mind of a great writer.Details
- Title Artificial Paradises
- Author Charles P. Baudelaire; Stacy Diamond (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 204
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Kensington Publishing Corporation, New York
- Date 1994-10-19
- ISBN 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 9.12 x 6.22 x 0.53 in (23.16 x 15.80 x 1.35 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Drug addiction, Hallucinogenic drugs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94017664
- Dewey Decimal Code 848.807
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 11/01/1995, Page 64
More Copies for Sale
Artificial Paradises
by Baudelaire, Charles P.
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$13.91FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises
by Baudelaire, Charles P.
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$13.91FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises
by Charles P. Baudelaire
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Englewood, Colorado, United States
- Item Price
-
A$14.72A$6.18 shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on Hashish
by D. Baudelaire
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
A$18.07FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on Hashish
by Baudelaire, D
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
A$18.92A$6.18 shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on Hashish
by D. Baudelaire
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
A$27.78FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises: Baudelaire's Masterpiece on Hashish
by Baudelaire, Charles
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
A$30.18A$5.42 shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises
by Baudelaire, Charles P.
- Used
- Condition
- UsedVeryGood
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
A$30.65FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises
by Baudelaire, Charles P.
- Used
- Condition
- UsedLikeNew
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
A$30.97FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Artificial Paradises
by Baudelaire, Charles P.
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780806514833 / 0806514833
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
A$31.28FREE shipping to USA