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Between 1855 and his death in 1867, charles baudelaire inaugurated a newand in his own words dangeroushybrid form in a series of. Charles baudelaire s paris spleen 1869 is a wonderfully original work, one happily outside the framework of american literature and its broad range of sensibilities. Published posthumously in 1869, paris spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetrya format which baudelaire saw as particularly suited for expressing the feelings of uncertainty, flux, and freedom of his ageand one of the founding texts of literary modernism. Paris spleen ebook by charles baudelaire 9780819569981. But the legend of charles baudelaire is seemingly indestructible. Between 1855 and his death in 1867, charles baudelaire inaugurated a. Paris spleen, 1869 charles baudelaire, charles pierre baudelaire. Set in a modern, urban paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a. The poems and prose poems of charles baudelaire with an introductory preface by james huneker author. Mackenzies introductory essay discusses baudelaire s life and the literary climate in which he lived and worked. The collection was published posthumously in 1869 and is associated with literary modernism. This acclaimed book by charles baudelaire is available at in several formats for your ereader. Baudelaire as a poet who observes the changing city and transforms it into art, constitutes a significant place in the modern literature because he is, as walter benjamin states, a lyric poet in the era of high capitalism.
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