Les Fleurs du Mal
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Les Fleurs du Mal
Charles Baudelaire
Poetry
James Mustich
Aug 22, 2018
The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du mal) was Baudelaire’s first volume of poems, and it announces its sumptuous depravity right from the start. On account of its descriptions of “unnatural” sex, its fiendish insistence on the connection between sexuality and death, and its vivid portraits of urban seediness, The Flowers of Evil led to Baudelaire’s prosecution for public indecency upon its original publication in 1857. Six poems were banned, and Baudelaire was fined three hundred francs. If the shudder came from the poet’s caress of corruption, drunkenness, and melancholy, the lasting thrill came from his unabashed conviction that the dignity of art and even beauty fell outside the borders of morality.
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Kevin Leahy
Nov 20, 2020
Loved it when I was a young bohemian wannabe.
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Eli
Jan 29
Must read!
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