Bücher der Reihe European Writers

CHARLES BAUDELAIRETHE POEMS AND THE PROSE POEMSIntroduced by James Huneker. Edited by Jeremy Mark RobinsonCharles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a celebrated 19th century French poet, author of the famous Flowers of Evil poetic sequence, first published in 1857. Baudelaire is a poet's poet par excellence, a brilliant craftsman who produced some of the finest poems in the French language. Baudelaire was known as a dandy who led a bohemian lifestyle; he knew many of the artists of the era (Manet, Nadar, Delacroix, and Gautier). Baudelaire's influence on subsequent poets and artists has been immense. This edition of Baudelaire's poems and prose poems is introduced by James Huneker. The book includes a second introduction to Baudelaire. With the French text of Baudelaire's poetry facing each poem. Illustrated. 284 pages. Paperback, with a full colour cover.www.crmoon.com

FIGURES OF SEVERAL CENTURIESBY ARTHUR SYMONSBritish author Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was an important poet, critic and translator. In this book, Symons explores the work and lives of Flaubert, Baudelaire, Donne, Bronte, Casanova, Poe, Rossetti, Hardy, Huysmans, Ibsen and others. Arthur Symons was known as the 'blond angel', a vagabond poet in the Bohemian tradition of Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud and the Symbolists. Symons spent much of his life in France and Italy; he knew many of the artists and writers of the fin-de-siècle period, including Aubrey Beardsley, Algernon Swinburne, Walter Pater, Edmund Gosse, Joseph Conrad, W.B. Yeats, and Stéphane Mallarmé. This new edition of Figures of Several Centuries includes a note on Arthur Symons; and illustrations of the artists and writers in the book. Illustrated. Paperback, with a full colour cover.www.crmoon.com

DRAMATIS PERSONAEBY ARTHUR SYMONSBritish author Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was an important poet, critic and translator. In this book of essays, Symons explores the works and lives of Conrad, the Rossettis, Bronte, Leonardo, Shakespeare, Burton, Verhaeren, Maeterlick and others. Arthur Symons was known as the 'blond angel', a vagabond poet in the Bohemian tradition of Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud and the Symbolists. Symons spent much of his life in France and Italy; he knew many of the artists and writers of the fin-de-siècle period, including Aubrey Beardsley, Algernon Swinburne, Walter Pater, Edmund Gosse, Joseph Conrad, W.B. Yeats, and Stéphane Mallarmé. This new edition of Figures of Several Centuries includes a note on Arthur Symons; and illustrations of the artists and writers in the book. Illustrated. Paperback, with a full colour cover.www.crmoon.com

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERSTUDIES IN PESSIMISM: ESSAYS A collection of essays from one of the great philosophers of the modern era, Arthur Schopenhauer. The German thinker contemplates subjects such as psychology, immortality, vanity, suffering, education, women, and suicide.Arthur Schopenhauer is an entertaining author to read, easy to understand, with a sly, dry wit. No need for footnotes or explanations of tricky terms, Schopenhauer's prose style is refreshingly clear. Arthur Schopenhauer was born in 1788 (on February 22nd) in Gdansk and died in 1860 in Frankfurt (on September 20th). Schopenhauer is known for his major work The World As Will and Idea, his philosophy of transcendental idealism, his studies of pessimism, his collections of essays and aphorisms, his incorporation of Eastern religion and metaphysics in his philosophy, and his impressive posthumous in¿uence on philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Henri Bergson and Oswald Spengler, psychologists such as Otto Rank, Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, and a host of writers and artists such as Samuel Beckett, Marcel Proust, Rainer Rilke, André Gide, Hugo von Hoffmansthal, Stéphane Mallarmé, W.B. Yeats, Italo Svevo, Ivan Turgenev, Robert Musil, Jorge Borges, George B. Shaw, Karl Kraus, J.-K. Huysmans, Edgar Allan Poe, August Strindberg, Guy de Maupassant, Frank Wedekind, Antonin Dvorak, Arnold Schönberg, Gustav Mahler, Charles Baudelaire, Jacob Burckhardt, George Gissing, Emile Zola, Richard Wagner, Sergei Prokoviev, Leo Tolstoy, Hermans Melville and Hesse, and Thomases Mann and Hardy. European Writers Series. Illustrated. Includes a 16-page biographical sketch of Schopenhauer, and an additional introduction to his work. 140pp. www.crmoon.com

CHARLES BAUDELAIREFLOWERS OF EVILPoems translated by Cyril ScottCharles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a celebrated 19th century French poet, author of the famous Flowers of Evil poetic sequence, first published in 1857. Baudelaire is a poet's poet par excellence, a brilliant craftsman who produced some of the finest poems in the French language. Baudelaire was known as a dandy who led a bohemian lifestyle; he knew many of the artists of the era (Manet, Nadar, Delacroix, and Gautier). Baudelaire's influence on subsequent poets and artists has been immense. This edition of Flowers of Evil features translations by Cyril Scott and a note on Baudelaire, including poems such as 'The Balcony', 'Correspondences, ''Hymn To Beauty', 'Spleen', and 'Music'. Illustrated. 160 pages. Paperback, with a full colour cover.With the French text of Baudelaire's poetry. www.crmoon.com

Paul Verlaine is one of the great lyrical French poets. This selection of poems includes work from Paul Verlaine's important collections.

This book by Arthur Symons is an important early study of Charles Baudelaire. Symons offers a biography of the poet, and considers his poetry (using many examples).

BEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES Edited and translated by Jack Zipes A wonderful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty, Puss In Boots, Bluebeard, and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the classic fairy tales in this amazing book. There are many stories here by Charles Perrault, the most famous author of French conte de fées. Features a new introduction by editor Jack Zipes. Includes a generous number of exquisite illustrations from fairy tale collections. This is a clothbound edition, with gold letters embossed on a blue cloth cover, and a colour flyleaf. 'Terrific... a succulent array of 17th and 18th century 'salon' fairy tales' - The New York Times Book Review 'These tales are adventurous, thrilling in a way fairy tales are meant to be... The translation from the French is modern, happily free of archaic and hyperbolic language... a fine and sophisticated collection' - New York Tribune 'Enjoyable to read... a unique collection of French regional folklore' - Library Journal 'Charming stories accompanied by attractive pen-and-ink drawings' - Chattanooga Times 'An excellent collection' - Booklist. JACK ZIPES is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and has worked with children's theaters in Europe and the United States. Some of Jack Zipes' major publications include Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales (1979), Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (1983, rev. ed. 2006), Don't Bet On the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England (1986), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1988), Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000), Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama For Children (2004), Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller (2005), and Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre (2006). Jack Zipes has also translated The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1987) and edited The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (2000), and The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (2001). Most recently he has translated and edited The Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitre (2008) and Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales (2008) by Kurt Schwitters. Includes illustrations and a new introduction. ISBN 9781861717474. 612 pages. www.crmoon.com

THE TROUBADOURS BY H.J. CHAYTOR An introduction to the world of the courtly love poets, troubadours and trouvères of the Middle Ages. Chapters include the theory and techniques of the troubadours, the historical context of the troubadours, the Crusades, and the influence of the courtly love poetry tradition in countries such as Spain, Italy, England and Germany. There are studies of (and quotations from) many of the famous troubadours, including: Bertran d Born, Arnaut Daniel, Giraut de Bornhel, Bernard de Ventadour, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, and Peire d'Auvergne. Includes illustrations and bibliography. with a full colour cover. 148 pages. www.crmoon.com