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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Baudelaire was a connoisseur of narcotics , yet one of their most important social
effects probably escaped him . It consists in the charm displayed by addicts under
the influence of drugs . Commodities derive the same effect from the crowd ...
Baudelaire was a connoisseur of narcotics , yet one of their most important social
effects probably escaped him . It consists in the charm displayed by addicts under
the influence of drugs . Commodities derive the same effect from the crowd ...
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Seeing it caused him every day to plumb the depth of his failure , and this
probably was not the least among the reasons why he sought this sight . The
desperate pride which thus befell him – in bursts , as it were – was fed by the
fame of Victor ...
Seeing it caused him every day to plumb the depth of his failure , and this
probably was not the least among the reasons why he sought this sight . The
desperate pride which thus befell him – in bursts , as it were – was fed by the
fame of Victor ...
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... scarlet colour which they occasionally give it ' 66 would make more sense than
it does today . Among these cities Rome was paramount for him . In a letter to
Leconte de Lisle he confesses his ' natural predilection ' for that city . It probably ...
... scarlet colour which they occasionally give it ' 66 would make more sense than
it does today . Among these cities Rome was paramount for him . In a letter to
Leconte de Lisle he confesses his ' natural predilection ' for that city . It probably ...
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