"To me, "flâneuring" is less about wandering aimlessly and more about curiosity. It's being aware that as a newcomer, you're ...

More particularly, you can’t understand what makes Charles Baudelaire a great poet as he digs into the deep stuff of modern life. “Race of Abel, your carrion / Will fat the steaming soil ...

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Born in the Latin Quarter of Paris 1821, Charles Baudelaire has been declared one of the first modern poets. His connection with the Parisian setting became apparent in his youth. Despite formally ...

“[Yuki] Tanaka’s singular view, somewhat detached yet not lacking in compassion, soberly reckoning while allowing for flights of optimism, is, again, the product of the angle of vision of the flaneur, ...

The Communist Manifesto put an end to its political existence. Baudelaire’s poetry drew its force from the rebellious pathos of this group. He took the part of the asocial. He achieved his only sexual ...