
Artificial Paradises
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ISBN13: 9780806514833
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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.
| ISBN-13 | 9780806514833 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0806514833 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.46 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $9.95 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | French; English |
| Pages | 1 pages |
| Publisher | Kensington Publishing Corp. |
| Published On | 1995-11-01 |
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