Les Foules
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Les Foules is one of Charles Baudelaire’s poetic prose pieces from *Le Spleen de Paris*, exploring the poet’s mystical communion with urban crowds and the anonymity of city life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic prose piece
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prose poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Le Foules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Baudelaire’s late prose works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
fusion of self with the crowd
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spiritual intoxication in crowds ⓘ |
| centralFigure | poet-observer ⓘ |
| collectionType | petits poèmes en prose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| form | short prose piece ⓘ |
| genre | prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later reflections on mass society
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modern urban literature ⓘ theory of the flâneur ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadent movement
NERFINISHED
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Modernity ⓘ Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | fr ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod |
19th century
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French Second Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
flânerie
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modernity ⓘ urban anonymity ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
modern city
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urban streets ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
compressed imagery
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introspective tone ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ paradoxical statements ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
poet’s relation to society
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psychology of crowds ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic of modern life
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anonymity of city life ⓘ empathy and identification ⓘ flâneur figure ⓘ loss of individuality ⓘ modern city ⓘ mystical communion with the crowd ⓘ solitude in the crowd ⓘ urban crowds ⓘ |
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