Les Fleurs du mal

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Les Fleurs du mal is a landmark 1857 poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire that explores themes of beauty, decadence, and modern urban life, and is considered a foundational work of modernist literature.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Charles Baudelaire
censorshipLifted 1949 in France
countryOfOrigin France
genre lyric poetry
modernist literature
symbolist poetry
hasEdition 1861 expanded edition of Les Fleurs du mal
posthumous 1868 edition of Les Fleurs du mal
hasIllustratedEditionBy Odilon Redon
Édouard Manet
hasTranslation Les Fleurs du mal, translated into English
Les Fleurs du mal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Les Fleurs du mal, translated into German

Les Fleurs du mal, translated into Spanish
influenced Symbolist poets
surface form: French Symbolist poets

Modernist poets
Paul Verlaine
Stéphane Mallarmé
T. S. Eliot
isConsidered foundational work of modernist literature
legalStatus subject of an obscenity trial in 1857
literaryMovement Modernism
Symbolism
notablePoem Correspondances
L'Albatros
Le Balcon
Le Voyage
Les Bijoux
Spleen
Une Charogne
numberOfPoems 100
originalLanguage French
placeOfPublication Paris
publicationDate 1857
publisher Auguste Poulet-Malassis
resultOfTrial six poems banned by French court
section Les Fleurs du mal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fleurs du mal

La Mort
Le Vin
Révolte
Spleen et Idéal
structure six main sections in first edition
theme beauty
boredom
death
decadence
eroticism
modern urban life
sin
spiritual crisis
titleMeaning Les Fleurs du mal self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Flowers of Evil

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Charles Baudelaire notableWork Les Fleurs du mal
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this entity surface form: Fleurs du mal
Les Fleurs du mal titleMeaning Les Fleurs du mal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Flowers of Evil
Les Fleurs du mal hasTranslation Les Fleurs du mal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Les Fleurs du mal, translated into German
Le Spleen de Paris influencedBy Les Fleurs du mal
Le Spleen de Paris relatedWork Les Fleurs du mal
Jeanne Duval inspiredWork Les Fleurs du mal
Jeanne Duval portrayedIn Les Fleurs du mal
this entity surface form: Baudelaire’s prose poems
French symbolism hasInfluentialWork Les Fleurs du mal
French literature hasNotableWork Les Fleurs du mal
this entity surface form: The Flowers of Evil
Born Villain hasTrack Les Fleurs du mal
this entity surface form: The Flowers of Evil