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Poetry · 1857

Les Fleurs du mal

Charles Baudelaire

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Poetry · 1857 · French · 19th Century

Les Fleurs du mal

Charles Baudelaire

Spleen and ideal, prosecuted for obscenity.

LyricSymbolismCityDesireEnnuiBeauty

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The first poetry to take the modern city as a nervous system: the flâneur, the crowd, the correspondence between sensations.

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