Le Gâteau
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Le Gâteau is one of the short prose poems in Charles Baudelaire’s collection *Le Spleen de Paris*, exemplifying his exploration of modern urban life and existential melancholy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
prose poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Petits poèmes en prose: Le Gâteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Baudelaire’s late works ⓘ |
| collectionType | spleen and ideal in prose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
moral discomfort
ⓘ
psychology of the city-dweller ⓘ tension between generosity and egoism ⓘ |
| form | short prose ⓘ |
| genre | prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | part of the canon of French prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose rather than verse ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | short narrative prose poem ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasSubject | a cake shared among children ⓘ |
| includedIn | Petits poèmes en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baudelaire’s poetics of spleen
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urban modernity ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernity
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | French literature of the Second Empire ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
moral parable
ⓘ
prose miniatures ⓘ symbolic narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublicationContext | French press ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Gâteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Paris
NERFINISHED
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urban environment ⓘ |
| theme |
charity
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childhood ⓘ existential melancholy ⓘ modern urban life ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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melancholic ⓘ |
| workLanguageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
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