Green hair of Baudelaire
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| - | "To smash legends, [[Eugene Crépet]]'s biographical study, first printed in 1887, has been republished with new notes by his son, [[Jacques Crepet]]. This is an exceedingly valuable contribution to Baudelaire lore; a dispassionate life, however, has yet to be written, a noble task for some young poet who will disentangle the conflicting lies originated by Baudelaire — that tragic comedian — from the truth and thus save him from himself. The new Crepet volume is really but a series of notes; there are some letters addressed to the poet by the distinguished men of his day, supplementing the rather disappointing volume of Letters, 1841-1866, published in 1908. There are also documents in the legal prosecution of Baudelaire, with memories of him by [[Charles Asselineau]], [[Léon Cladel]], [[Camille Lemonnier]], and others."--''[[Egoists]]'' by James Huneker | + | "To smash legends, [[Eugene Crépet]]'s biographical study, first printed in 1887, has been republished with new notes by his son, [[Jacques Crepet]]. This is an exceedingly valuable contribution to Baudelaire lore; a dispassionate life, however, has yet to be written, a noble task for some young poet who will disentangle the conflicting lies originated by Baudelaire — that tragic comedian — from the truth and thus save him from himself. The new Crepet volume is really but a series of notes; there are some letters addressed to the poet by the distinguished men of his day, supplementing the rather disappointing volume of Letters, 1841-1866, published in 1908. There are also documents in the legal prosecution of Baudelaire, with memories of him by [[Charles Asselineau]], [[Léon Cladel]], [[Camille Lemonnier]], and others."--''[[Egoists: A Book of Supermen]]'' (1909) by James Huneker |
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"To smash legends, Eugene Crépet's biographical study, first printed in 1887, has been republished with new notes by his son, Jacques Crepet. This is an exceedingly valuable contribution to Baudelaire lore; a dispassionate life, however, has yet to be written, a noble task for some young poet who will disentangle the conflicting lies originated by Baudelaire — that tragic comedian — from the truth and thus save him from himself. The new Crepet volume is really but a series of notes; there are some letters addressed to the poet by the distinguished men of his day, supplementing the rather disappointing volume of Letters, 1841-1866, published in 1908. There are also documents in the legal prosecution of Baudelaire, with memories of him by Charles Asselineau, Léon Cladel, Camille Lemonnier, and others."--Egoists: A Book of Supermen (1909) by James Huneker |
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The green hair episode is an often repeated legend of the life of Charles Baudelaire. It is first reported by Champfleury in his Souvenirs.
In the words of James Huneker in Egoists:
- "The joke of the green hair has been disposed of by Crépet[1]. Baudelaire's hair thinning after an illness, he had his head shaved and painted with salve of a green hue, hoping thereby to escape baldness."
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