Baudelaire, Sartre and Camus

This book presents a brief introduction to each writer, centring on a particular work (Les Fleurs du mal, Les Mains sales, La peste) and imediately followed by a commentary on an extract (the Baudelaire poem chose is ’Le Cygne’). Professor Rees ends by presenting some pointers on the nature of twentieth century French literature in general, as a guide to the student beginner.