Green hair of Baudelaire
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| - | "To smash legends, [[Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique|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 | + | "The joke of the [[green hair]] has been disposed of by [[Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique|Crépet]]. 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]]."--''[[Egoists: A Book of Supermen]]'' (1909) by James Huneker |
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| + | "One Sunday [[Charles Baudelaire|he]] came to see me with his hair painted green. I pretended not to notice it. He did his best to attract my attention. At last, unable to control ..."--''[[A Sentimental Library]]'' (1914) by Harry Bache Smith | ||
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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''. | + | '''The green hair''' episode is an often repeated [[legend]] of the life of [[Charles Baudelaire]]. |
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| - | In the words of [[James Huneker]] in ''[[Egoists]]'': | + | |
| - | :"The joke of the [[green hair]] has been disposed of by [[Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique|Crépet]]. 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." | + | The legend has been disposed off by Crépet in ''[[Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique]]'' (1887). |
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| - | *[[Alopecie]] | + | *[[Hair loss ]] |
| *[[Blue hair]] | *[[Blue hair]] | ||
| - | *[[Green hair]] | + | *[[Hair coloring ]] |
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"The joke of the green hair has been disposed of by Crépet. 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."--Egoists: A Book of Supermen (1909) by James Huneker "One Sunday he came to see me with his hair painted green. I pretended not to notice it. He did his best to attract my attention. At last, unable to control ..."--A Sentimental Library (1914) by Harry Bache Smith |
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The green hair episode is an often repeated legend of the life of Charles Baudelaire.
The legend has been disposed off by Crépet in Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique (1887).
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