Le Vin
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Le Vin is a section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal that explores themes of intoxication, escape, and existential despair through the motif of wine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry cycle
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section of a poetry collection ⓘ |
| addresses |
decadence
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human condition ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorWork | Spleen et Idéal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralImageFunction |
wine as catalyst of vision
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wine as false salvation ⓘ wine as means of escape ⓘ |
| containedInEdition |
Les Fleurs du mal, 1857
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Les Fleurs du mal, 1861 ⓘ Les Fleurs du mal, posthumous editions ⓘ |
| contrasts | momentary ecstasy with enduring despair ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresRelationBetween |
body and soul
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pleasure and pain ⓘ reality and dream ⓘ |
| firstPublication | Les Fleurs du mal (1857 edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn |
Baudelaire’s oeuvre
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French poetry canon ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Symbolist poets
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modernist treatments of intoxication ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French Romanticism (late phase)
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Symbolism precursor ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| motif |
drunkenness
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inebriation as spiritual experience ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setWithin | overall structure of Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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escape ⓘ existential despair ⓘ intoxication ⓘ modern urban life ⓘ search for transcendence ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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melancholic ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| uses | extended metaphor of wine ⓘ |
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