Green hair of Baudelaire
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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''. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| + | "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]]. | ||
| - | :The joke of the [[green hair]] has been disposed of by [[Crépet]][http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Cr%C3%A9pet_-_Charles_Baudelaire_1906.djvu/220]. 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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| - | *[[Green hair]] | + | *[[Hair loss ]] |
| + | *[[Blue 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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