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In this video, Poet Dana Gioia explores the enigmatic world of Charles Baudelaire, the French poet who redefined poetry for so many poets after him. Author of "Les Fleurs du Mal" (The Flowers of Evil) and "Le Spleen de Paris," (The Spleen of Paris) Charles Baudelaire's life and biography is a fascinating topic that colors our understanding of his poetry. Learn about Baudelaire's tumultuous life, his miseries as "le poete maudit", the controversies surrounding the censorship of his work, and the ways in which Baudelaire continues to captivate readers today.
Here is a table of contents of the video chapters
0:01 - Baudelaire’s Childhood
5:45 - Baudelaire devotes himself to literature and pleasure
9:45 - Baudelaire takes Jean Duval as his mistress
12:25 - Baudelaire goes broke
15:05 - Baudelaire discovers Edgar Allan Poe
18:18 - The Cursed Poet (Le poete Maudit)
28:05 - Publishes Le Fleur du Mal (Flowers of Evil)
29:20 - Censorship Trial
31:30 - Middle-aged and incurably unhappy
36:50 - Prose Poems (The Spleen of Paris)
38:30 - Baudelaire’s notebooks
40:00 - Baudelaire’s Late Life )
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