Le Mauvais Vitrier
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Le Mauvais Vitrier is one of Charles Baudelaire’s brief prose poems from *Le Spleen de Paris*, depicting a darkly ironic encounter with a glazier that explores themes of cruelty, aesthetic obsession, and urban alienation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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prose poem ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | one of the early pieces in Le Spleen de Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
aesthetic experience as destructive
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artist as cruel observer ⓘ dehumanization in the modern city ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | glazier ⓘ |
| form | short prose ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist precursor
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prose poetry ⓘ symbolist literature ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | frequently analyzed in Baudelaire scholarship ⓘ |
| hasLength | brief ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
The Bad Glazier
NERFINISHED
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The Poor Glazier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | urban modernity of Paris ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernity
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dark humor
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irony ⓘ psychological portrait ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Mauvais Vitrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | posthumous collection Le Spleen de Paris ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Le Spleen de Paris
NERFINISHED
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Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Paris
NERFINISHED
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urban environment ⓘ |
| studiedIn | French literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic obsession
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aestheticism versus morality ⓘ class difference ⓘ cruelty ⓘ indifference to suffering ⓘ modern city life ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sadism ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| workIn | Le Spleen de Paris, ou Petits poèmes en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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