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Pontmartin in his critique of the portrait of Baudelaire by N argeot: "This engrav- <br />

ing shows us a face that is haggard, sinister, ravaged, and malign; it is the face of a<br />

hero of the Court of Assizes, or of a pensioner from Bidtre." Compare B2a,6<br />

(Vischer: the "freshly beheaded" look). [128,5]<br />

Adverse criticism from Brunetiere in 1887 and 1889. In 1892 and 1893 come the<br />

corrections. <strong>The</strong> sequence: Questions de critique (June 1887); Essai sur la litterature<br />

contemporaine (1889); Nouveaux Essais sur la litterature contemporaine<br />

(1892); Evolution de 10 poesie ly, . ique en Fmnce (1893).'311 [128,6]<br />

Physiognomy of Baudelaire ill his last years: He has an aridity in all his features,<br />

which contrasts sharply with the intensity of his look. Above all, he has that set to<br />

his lips which indicates a mouth long accustomed to chewing only ashes." Franc;ois<br />

Porche, La Vie douloureuse de Charles Baudelaire (series entitled Le Roman des<br />

gmndes existences, vol. 6) (Paris

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