When he lived
When was he born?
April 9, 1821
How many political regimes marked the trans formative period in France while Baudelaire was alive?
4
Who was Baudelaire's idol in literature?
Edgar Allen Poe
When was Les Fleurs du mal published?
1857
When did he die?
August 31, 1867
What was one thing that happened during the July Revolution and the July Monarchy?
- Charles X (10th) was forced to renounce his throne
- Louis-Philippe I (1st) installed a constitutional monarchy
- industrialization was rapidly expanding in France
What did Baudelaire call Jeanne Duval?
"Black Venus"
What was Baudelaire's most famous work and what did it mean in english?
Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil)
Who introduced literature and poetry to him?
His father
What was one thing that happened during The Revolution of 1848?
- ended up overthrowing Louis-Philippe I (1st)
- establishing the Second Republic
How did Baudelaire promote Poe's work?
translating his pieces into French/writing intepretations
What was the second, less prominent poem mentioned in the presentation?
Petits poèmes en prose (Paris Spleen / Little Prose Poems)
What 3 professions was he know for?
poet, translator, and literary and art critic
What was one thing that happened during The Late Bourbon Restoration?
- King Louis XVIII (18th) died
- his brother, Charles X (10th) took over and tried to restore the power of the Catholic church.
What kind of writing did Jeanne Duval inspire Baudelaire to write?
Melancholic writing
Name one major theme of Les Fleurs du mal?
urban life, decay, melancholy, sin, and scandalous beauty
What 2 traumatic events from his childhood affected his works later on in life?
his father's death and his mother's remarriage
What was one thing that happened during the Second French Empire?
- Louis-Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III (3rd)
What cultural pressure did Baudelaire reject that consisted of materialism, morality, and predictablility?
the bourgeois conformity
How many short prose poems is Petits poèmes en prose made up of?
50