La Mort
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La Mort is the final section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, in which he explores death as both an existential horror and a possible escape from suffering.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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section of a poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Modernism
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
death as existential horror
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death as possible escape ⓘ death as possible redemption ⓘ relationship between death and beauty ⓘ relationship between death and the sacred ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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modern poetry ⓘ symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
part of the French literary canon
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widely studied in Baudelaire scholarship ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
considered a culmination of the themes of Les Fleurs du mal
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interpreted as an ambiguous vision of death ⓘ often read as both nihilistic and hopeful ⓘ |
| hasForm | poetry cycle ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
French symbolist poets
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modern French poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Death ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| originalCollectionTitle | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublisherOfCollection | Poulet-Malassis et de Broise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final section of Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
La Révolte
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Le Vin NERFINISHED ⓘ Spleen et Idéal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
afterlife
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boredom ⓘ death ⓘ despair ⓘ escape from suffering ⓘ existential horror ⓘ hope ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ suffering ⓘ time and finitude ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| workInCollectionPrecededBy | La Révolte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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