Charles Baudelaire: A Lyric Poet in the Era of High CapitalismWalter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural ommentators and theorists of the 20th century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of art in the modern age and the philosophy of history. Yet, it was through his study of the social and cultural history of late-19th-century Paris, examined particularly in relation to the figure of the great Parisian lyric poet Charles Baudelaire, that Benjamin tested and enriched some of his core concepts and themes. |
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In a similar vein , and probably not much later , Gogol wrote of a fair in the
Ukraine : ' So many people were on their way there that it made one ' s eyes swim
. ' The daily sight of a lively crowd may once have constituted a spectacle to
which ...
In a similar vein , and probably not much later , Gogol wrote of a fair in the
Ukraine : ' So many people were on their way there that it made one ' s eyes swim
. ' The daily sight of a lively crowd may once have constituted a spectacle to
which ...
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In eyes that look at us with a mirrorlike blankness the remoteness remains
complete . It is precisely for this reason that such eyes know nothing of distance .
Baudelaire incorporated the smoothness of their stare in a subtle couplet :
Plonge tes ...
In eyes that look at us with a mirrorlike blankness the remoteness remains
complete . It is precisely for this reason that such eyes know nothing of distance .
Baudelaire incorporated the smoothness of their stare in a subtle couplet :
Plonge tes ...
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98 When such eyes come alive , it is with the self - protective wariness of a wild
animal hunting for prey . ( Thus the eye of the prostitute scrutinizing the passers -
by is at the same time on its guard against the police . Baudelaire found the ...
98 When such eyes come alive , it is with the self - protective wariness of a wild
animal hunting for prey . ( Thus the eye of the prostitute scrutinizing the passers -
by is at the same time on its guard against the police . Baudelaire found the ...
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