The phosphorescence of decay
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The phosphorescence de la pourriture (English: the phosphorescence of decay) is a phrase coined by French writer Charles Baudelaire, recorded in "Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses œuvres" the preface to Histoires extraordinaires.
- Comme notre Eugène Delacroix, qui a élevé son art à la hauteur de la grande poésie, Edgar Poe aime à agiter ses figures sur des fonds violâtres et verdâtres où se révèlent la phosphorescence de la pourriture et la senteur de l’orage.
English translation by Jonathan Mayne:
- "Like our own Eugene Delacroix, who has raised his art to the level of great poetry, Edgar Poe loves to set his figures in action against greenish or purplish backgrounds, in which we can glimpse the phosphorescence of decay and sniff the coming storm."
The phrase is also translated in Baudelaire as a Literary Critic.
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