Flowers of Evil and Other Works After the Civil War the

After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious

invites readers to enjoy the rich character of Blake's own hand-printed text along with his deeply stirring illustrations

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Flowers of Evil and Other Works After the Civil War theWhen Flowers of Evil was first published in 1857, the book almost immediately became the subject of an obscenity trial, and for several generations afterward its themes of eroticism, lesbianism, revolt and decay earned the author a reputation for depravity and morbidity. It was not until 1949 that the French courts removed the ban originally imposed on Baudelaire's masterpiece. Today, Flowers of Evil is regarded as the poet's greatest work and perhaps