Spleen et Idéal
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Spleen et Idéal is the opening and central section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, exploring the tension between spiritual aspiration and existential despair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spleen et Idéal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spleen et Idéal Context triple: [Les Fleurs du mal, section, Spleen et Idéal]
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L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
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Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spleen et Idéal Target entity description: Spleen et Idéal is the opening and central section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, exploring the tension between spiritual aspiration and existential despair.
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A.
L’Esprit Nouveau
L’Esprit Nouveau was an influential early 20th-century avant-garde magazine co-founded by Le Corbusier that promoted modernist ideas in art, architecture, and design.
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B.
La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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C.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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D.
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
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E.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic cycle
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section of a poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French Second Empire cultural context ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
ideal as spiritual and aesthetic aspiration
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spleen as metaphysical boredom ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Bénédiction
NERFINISHED
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Correspondances NERFINISHED ⓘ Hymne à la Beauté NERFINISHED ⓘ La Chevelure NERFINISHED ⓘ La Muse malade NERFINISHED ⓘ La Muse vénale NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Possédé NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Phares NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Albatros NERFINISHED ⓘ Parfum exotique NERFINISHED ⓘ Spleen ("Je suis comme le roi d’un pays pluvieux") NERFINISHED ⓘ Spleen ("J’ai plus de souvenirs que si j’avais mille ans") NERFINISHED ⓘ Spleen ("Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière") NERFINISHED ⓘ Spleen ("Quand le ciel bas et lourd") NERFINISHED ⓘ Une Charogne NERFINISHED ⓘ Élévation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
boredom
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conflict between ideal and spleen ⓘ existential anguish ⓘ fallen spirituality ⓘ melancholy ⓘ search for transcendence ⓘ tension between spiritual aspiration and despair ⓘ urban modern life ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| hasStructuralRole |
organizes poems around duality of ideal and spleen
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sets philosophical tone for Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| influenced |
later symbolist poets
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modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernity
NERFINISHED
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | approximately 85 ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCollection |
central section
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opening section ⓘ |
| publicationInCollection | 1857 ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Spleen and Ideal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
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