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More french practice !! SO much sang ! du vin du divin!
Anyway this OTHER CB hits as he's known to in his particular fastidious tipsy fashion. It's a huge collection - daring the cliché symphonic so I'll spare the generalisations but even so I'm impressed by the range & glad I read Carter's Black Venus before running through this end to end which I'm not sure I've done before.
Eliot has a neat little theory about Baudelaire approaching God 'through the back door' (nice phrase) as it were - which does seem rather dubious but such is TSE. He alleges that CB looks to encounter the godhead through the posterior aspect of Satan (whom he does have a jolly old time worshipping toward the end of this). Anyway perhaps this is just Eliot trying to make excuses but a fun one to consider
mwah & he even managed to hold off on the misogyny (mostly) this time - less intimate than the Journaux Intimes it seems :)
Anyway this OTHER CB hits as he's known to in his particular fastidious tipsy fashion. It's a huge collection - daring the cliché symphonic so I'll spare the generalisations but even so I'm impressed by the range & glad I read Carter's Black Venus before running through this end to end which I'm not sure I've done before.
Eliot has a neat little theory about Baudelaire approaching God 'through the back door' (nice phrase) as it were - which does seem rather dubious but such is TSE. He alleges that CB looks to encounter the godhead through the posterior aspect of Satan (whom he does have a jolly old time worshipping toward the end of this). Anyway perhaps this is just Eliot trying to make excuses but a fun one to consider
mwah & he even managed to hold off on the misogyny (mostly) this time - less intimate than the Journaux Intimes it seems :)
Read it in French if you can. Translations of this poetry miss the mark!
dark
mysterious
reflective
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Originally had to read this for school (french system) and I was in a pretty dark place in life. Finished this in literally 2 days, I have no idea why but it resonated with me, the writing style can be confusing to some but I love it, just a complete classic. Understanding and analysing Baudelaires life with his poems is key. I'm not going to spoil this for anyone but if you haven't read it yet I really recommend even just for educational/historical aspects.
This has made me so sad but I have a better understanding of what it means to inhabit a physical body
A vivid journey through the darkness and beauty of vice and taboo. Baudelaire's imagery is incredibly powerful. Eyes that open, close, are infinitely deep, or glazed in stupor, together watch the reader as the reader is confronted with seeing the unseeable. Desires run like a river and suffering is as alluring as an 'evil flower' when viewed through the lens of Baudelaire's three 'magics'. The 'white' magic of religion, 'black' magic of drugs, and the 'natural' magic of art, shape and define both, his poems, and the limitations of human ecstasy.
If one ever wishes to learn about the potential of words like ténébreux or noyer, Les Fleurs du Mal makes for a great starting place. Despite its dark and insidious themes, Baudelaire's poetry shows itself to be a stunning and moving portrayal of beauty and the human experience. It is easy to get engulfed by the power of this book, but it is a risk well worth taking. As Baudelaire teaches us, without suffering there cannot be beauty - in fact the two may be different sides of the same coin.
If one ever wishes to learn about the potential of words like ténébreux or noyer, Les Fleurs du Mal makes for a great starting place. Despite its dark and insidious themes, Baudelaire's poetry shows itself to be a stunning and moving portrayal of beauty and the human experience. It is easy to get engulfed by the power of this book, but it is a risk well worth taking. As Baudelaire teaches us, without suffering there cannot be beauty - in fact the two may be different sides of the same coin.
dark
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
J’ai du le lire pour le lycée et je l’avais beaucoup aimé, pourtant j’ai souvent du mal à lire de la poésie car j’ai souvent l’impression de passer à côté des messages et des intentions de l’auteur.ice, mais celui-là m’a marqué
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol
challenging
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“where like a cook with ghoulish appetite I boil and devour my own heart” he’s so me