Le Spleen de Paris
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| - | 1 The Stranger | + | *[[The Stranger |
| - | 2 The Old Woman's Despair | + | *[[The Old Woman's Despair |
| - | 3 Artist's Confiteor | + | *[[Artist's Confiteor |
| - | 4 A Wag | + | *[[A Wag |
| - | 5 The Double Room | + | *[[The Double Room |
| - | 6 To Every Man His Chimera | + | *[[To Every Man His Chimera |
| - | 7 Venus and the Motley Fool | + | *[[Venus and the Motley Fool |
| - | 8 The Dog and the Scent Bottle | + | *[[The Dog and the Scent Bottle |
| - | 9 The Bad Glazier | + | *[[The Bad Glazier |
| - | 10 One O'Clock in the Morning | + | *[[One O'Clock in the Morning |
| - | 11 The Wild Woman and the Fashionable Coquette | + | *[[The Wild Woman and the Fashionable Coquette |
| - | 12 Crowds | + | *[[Crowds |
| - | 13 Widows | + | *[[Widows |
| - | 14 The Old Clown | + | *[[The Old Clown |
| - | 15 Cake | + | *[[Cake |
| - | 16 The Clock | + | *[[The Clock |
| - | 17 A Hemisphere in Your Hair | + | *[[A Hemisphere in Your Hair |
| - | 18 L'Invitation Au Voyage | + | *[[ L'Invitation Au Voyage |
| - | 19 The Poor Child's Toy | + | *[[The Poor Child's Toy |
| - | 20 The Faeries' Gifts | + | *[[The Faeries' Gifts |
| - | 21 The Temptations or Eros, Plutus and Fame | + | *[[The Temptations or Eros, Plutus and Fame |
| - | 22 Evening Twilight | + | *[[Evening Twilight |
| - | 23 Solitude | + | *[[Solitude |
| - | 24 Projects | + | *[[Projects |
| - | 25 The Beautiful Dorothea | + | *[[The Beautiful Dorothea |
| - | 26 The Eyes of the Poor | + | *[[The Eyes of the Poor |
| - | 27 A Heroic Death | + | *[[ A Heroic Death |
| - | 28 Counterfeit | + | *[[Counterfeit |
| - | 29 The Generous Gambler | + | *[[The Generous Gambler |
| - | 30 The Rope | + | *[[The Rope |
| - | 31 Vocations | + | *[[Vocations |
| - | 32 The Thyrsus | + | *[[The Thyrsus |
| - | 33 Get Drunk | + | *[[Get Drunk |
| - | 34 Already! | + | *[[Already! |
| - | 35 Windows | + | *[[Windows |
| - | 36 The Desire to Paint | + | *[[The Desire to Paint |
| - | 37 The Moon's Favors | + | *[[The Moon's Favors |
| - | 38 Which Is the Real One? | + | *[[Which Is the Real One? |
| - | 39 A Thoroughbred | + | *[[A Thoroughbred |
| - | 40 The Mirror | + | *[[The Mirror |
| - | 41 Sea-Ports | + | *[[Sea-Ports |
| - | 42 Portraits of Mistresses | + | *[[Portraits of Mistresses |
| - | 43 The Gallant Marksman | + | *[[The Gallant Marksman |
| - | 44 The Soup and the Clouds | + | *[[The Soup and the Clouds |
| - | 45 The Shooting Gallery and the Cemetery | + | *[[The Shooting Gallery and the Cemetery |
| - | 46 Loss of a Halo | + | *[[Loss of a Halo |
| - | 47 Miss Bistoury | + | *[[Miss Bistoury |
| - | 48 Anywhere Out of the World | + | *[[Anywhere Out of the World |
| - | 49 Beat Up the Poor | + | *[[ Beat Up the Poor |
| - | 50 The Faithful Dog | + | *[[The Faithful Dog |
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The collection was published in 1869, posthumously by his sister and it is related with the modernist literary movement.
Baudelaire mentions he had read Aloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la nuit at least twenty times before starting this work. Though inspired by Bertrand, Baudelaire's prose poems were based on Parisian contemporary life instead of the medieval background which Bertrand employed. He told about his work: "These are the flowers of evil again, but with more freedom, much more details, and much more mockery"
These poems have no particular order, have no beginning and no end and they can be read like thoughts or short stories in a stream of consciousness style. The point of the poems is "to capture the beauty of life in the modern city", using what Jean-Paul Sartre has labeled as being his existential outlook on his surroundings.
Written twenty years after the fratricidal June Days that ended the ideal or "brotherly" revolution of 1848, Baudelaire makes no attempts at trying to reform society he has grown up in but realizes the horrors of the progressing modernizing of Paris. In poems such as "The Eyes of the Poor" where he writes (after witnessing an impoverished family looking in on a new cafe): "Not only was I moved by that family of eyes, but I felt a little ashamed of our glasses and decanters, larger than our thirst...", showing his acknowledgment of the poor conditions in his city, and also showing the feelings of despair that accompanies the acknowledgment.
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*[[The Stranger *[[The Old Woman's Despair *[[Artist's Confiteor *[[A Wag *[[The Double Room *[[To Every Man His Chimera *[[Venus and the Motley Fool *[[The Dog and the Scent Bottle *[[The Bad Glazier *[[One O'Clock in the Morning *[[The Wild Woman and the Fashionable Coquette *[[Crowds *[[Widows *[[The Old Clown *[[Cake *[[The Clock *[[A Hemisphere in Your Hair *[[ L'Invitation Au Voyage *[[The Poor Child's Toy *[[The Faeries' Gifts *[[The Temptations or Eros, Plutus and Fame *[[Evening Twilight *[[Solitude *[[Projects *[[The Beautiful Dorothea *[[The Eyes of the Poor *[[ A Heroic Death *[[Counterfeit *[[The Generous Gambler *[[The Rope *[[Vocations *[[The Thyrsus *[[Get Drunk *[[Already! *[[Windows *[[The Desire to Paint *[[The Moon's Favors *[[Which Is the Real One? *[[A Thoroughbred *[[The Mirror *[[Sea-Ports *[[Portraits of Mistresses *[[The Gallant Marksman *[[The Soup and the Clouds *[[The Shooting Gallery and the Cemetery *[[Loss of a Halo *[[Miss Bistoury *[[Anywhere Out of the World *[[ Beat Up the Poor *[[The Faithful Dog
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