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"'The life of Baudelaire is a desert for anecdotes." Andre Suares, Trois Grands Vivants (Paris), p. 270 ("Baudelaire et Les Fleurs du mal"). [J32a,3] "'Baudelaire does not describe." Andre Suares, p. 294 (""Baudelaire et Les Fleurs du mar'). Trois Grands Vivants (Paris), [J32a,4] In the "'Salon de 1859," vehement invective against l'amour-apropos of a critique of the Neo-Greek school: "Yet aren't we quite weary of seeing paint and marble squandered on behalf of this elderly scamp ... ? ... His hair is thickly curled like a coachman's wig; his fat wobbling cheeks press against his nostrils and his eyes; it is doubtless the elegiac sighs of the universe which distend his flesh, or perhaps I should say his meat, for it is stuffed, tubulous, and blown out like a bag of lard hanging on a butcher's hook; on his mountainous back is attached a pair of butterfly wings." Ch. B., Oeuvres, ed. Le Dantec (Paris), vol. 2, p. 243. If.:; [J32a,S] "There is a worthy publication in which every contributor knows all and has a word to say about all, a journal in which every member of the staff . .. can instruct us, by turns, in politics, religion, economics, the fine arts, philosophy, and literature. In this vast monument of fatuity, which leans toward the future like the Tower of Pisa, and in which nothing less than the happiness of humankind is being worked out . .. " Ch. B., Oeuvres, ed. Le Dantee (Paris), vol. 2, p. 258 CSalon de 1859"). (Le Globe?)156 [J32a,6] In defense of Ricard: ""Imitation is the intoxication of supple and brilliant minds, and often even a proof their superiority." Ch. B., Oeuvres, ed. Le Dantec, vol. 2, p. 263 ("Salon de 1859"). Pro domo!157 [J32a,7] ·'That toueh of slyness which is always mingled with innocence." Ch. B., Oeuvres, ed. Le Dantec, vol. 2, p. 264 ("Salon de 1859"). On Ricard.lsll [J32a,8] Vigny in "Le Mont des oliviers" , against de Maistre: He has heen on this earth for many long ages, Born from harsh masters and false-speaking sages, Who still vex the spirit of each living nation With spurious conceptions of my true redemption. 159 [J33,1] ""Perhaps only Leopardi, Edgar Poe, and Dostoevsky experienced such a dearth of' happiness, such a power of desolation. Round ahout him, this century, which in other respects seems so flourishing and multifarious, takes on the terrrible aspect of a desert." Edmond Jaloux, ""Le Centenaire de Baudelaire," La Revue hebdo IUndaire, 30th year, no. 27 (July 2, 1921), p. 77. [J33,2] "All by himself, Baudelaire made poetry a method of analysis, a form ofintrospeclion. In this, he is very much the contemporary of Flauhert or of Claude Ber-
nard." Edmond J aloux, Le Centenaire de Baudelaire," La Revue madaire, 30th year, no. 27 (July 2, 1921), p. 69. hebdo [J33,3] List of Baudelaire's topics, in Jaloux: "nervous irritability of the individual devoted to solitude . .. ; abhorrence of the human condition and the need to confer dignity upon it through religion or through art . .. ; love of debauchery in order to forget or punish oneself . . . ; passion for travel, for the unknown, for the new; . . . predilection for whatever gives rise to thoughts of death (twilight, autumn, dismal scenes) ... ; adoration of the artificial; complacency in spleen!' Edmond Jaloux, "Le Centenaire de Baudelaire;' La Revue hebdomadal're, 30th year, no. 27 (July 2, 1921), p. 69. Here we see how an exclusive regard for psychological considerations blocks insight into Baudelaire's genuine originality. [J33,4] Influence of Les Fleurs du mal, around 1885, on Rops, Moreau, Rodin. [J33,5] Influence of "Les Correspondances" on Mallarme. [J33,6] Baudelaire's influence on Realism, then on Symbolism. Moreas, in the Symbolist manifesto of September 18, 1886 (Le Figaro) : "Baudelaire must be considered the true precursor of the present movement in poetry!' [J33,7] Claudel: "Baudelaire has celebrated the only passion which the nineteenth century could feel with sincerity: Remorse." Cited in Le Cinquantenaire de Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 43. [J33,8] A Dantesque nightmare. ! ' Leconte de Lisle, cited in Le Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 17. Cinquantenaire de [J33a,1] Edouard Thierry compares Les Flew's de mal to the ode written by Mirabeau during his imprisonment at Vincennes. Cited in I,e Cinquantenaire de Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 19. [J33a,2] Verlaine (where?): "The profound originality of Baudelaire is . , , to have represented, in a powerful and essential way, modern man . . , . By this! I mean only modern man in the physical sense , .. ! modern man with his senses stirred up and vibrating, his spirit painfully subtle, his brains saturated with tobacco, and his blood on fire with alcohol. ... Charles Baudelaire . .. may be said to personify the ideal type, the Hero if you will, of this individuality in sensitivity, Nowhere else, not even in Heinrich Heine, will you find it accentuated so strongly." Cited in Le Cinquantenaire de Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 18. [J33a,3] Lesbian motifs in Balzac (La Fille aux yeux d'or); Gautier Maupin); Delatouche (Fragoletta). (Mademoiselle de [J33a,4] Poems for Marie Daubrun: Chant d' automne," "Sonnet d' automne." [J33a,5]
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nard." Edmond J aloux, Le Centenaire de Baudelaire," La Revue<br />
madaire, 30th year, no. 27 (July 2, 1921), p. 69.<br />
hebdo<br />
[J33,3]<br />
List of Baudelaire's topics, in Jaloux: "nervous irritability of the individual devoted<br />
to solitude . .. ; abhorrence of the human condition and the need to confer<br />
dignity upon it through religion or through art . .. ; love of debauchery in order to<br />
forget or punish oneself . . . ; passion for travel, for the unknown, for the<br />
new; . . . predilection for whatever gives rise to thoughts of death (twilight,<br />
autumn, dismal scenes) ... ; adoration of the artificial; complacency in spleen!'<br />
Edmond Jaloux, "Le Centenaire de Baudelaire;' La Revue hebdomadal're, 30th<br />
year, no. 27 (July 2, 1921), p. 69. Here we see how an exclusive regard for<br />
psychological considerations blocks insight into Baudelaire's genuine originality.<br />
[J33,4]<br />
Influence of Les Fleurs du mal, around 1885, on Rops, Moreau, Rodin. [J33,5]<br />
Influence of "Les Correspondances" on Mallarme. [J33,6]<br />
Baudelaire's influence on Realism, then on Symbolism. Moreas, in the Symbolist<br />
manifesto of September 18, 1886 (Le Figaro) : "Baudelaire must be considered the<br />
true precursor of the present movement in poetry!' [J33,7]<br />
Claudel: "Baudelaire has celebrated the only passion which the nineteenth century<br />
could feel with sincerity: Remorse." Cited in Le Cinquantenaire de Charles<br />
Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 43. [J33,8]<br />
A Dantesque nightmare. ! ' Leconte de Lisle, cited in Le<br />
Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 17.<br />
Cinquantenaire de<br />
[J33a,1]<br />
Edouard Thierry compares Les Flew's de mal to the ode written by Mirabeau<br />
during his imprisonment at Vincennes. Cited in I,e Cinquantenaire de Charles<br />
Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 19. [J33a,2]<br />
Verlaine (where?): "<strong>The</strong> profound originality of Baudelaire is . , , to have represented,<br />
in a powerful and essential way, modern man . . , . By this! I mean only<br />
modern man in the physical sense , .. ! modern man with his senses stirred up and<br />
vibrating, his spirit painfully subtle, his brains saturated with tobacco, and his<br />
blood on fire with alcohol. ... Charles Baudelaire . .. may be said to personify the<br />
ideal type, the Hero if you will, of this individuality in sensitivity, Nowhere else,<br />
not even in Heinrich Heine, will you find it accentuated so strongly." Cited in Le<br />
Cinquantenaire de Charles Baudelaire (Paris, 1917), p. 18. [J33a,3]<br />
Lesbian motifs in Balzac (La Fille aux yeux d'or); Gautier<br />
Maupin); Delatouche (Fragoletta).<br />
(Mademoiselle de<br />
[J33a,4]<br />
Poems for Marie Daubrun: Chant d' automne," "Sonnet d' automne." [J33a,5]
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