Charles Baudelaire (Part 3): The Flowers of Evil
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- A video essay by Dana Gioia on Charles Baudelaire's unique poetic style which made him 'the first modern poet'.
This video is part 3 in Dana Gioia's video essay series on the poet Charles Baudelaire. The other two videos are about Baudelaire's life and Baudelaire's Poetics of Evil. For the full Charles Baudelaire video series, check out this playlist: • Charles Baudelaire - H...
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i just placed an order for your book from amazon...99 poems and selected works....cant wait to receive it..
❤, thank you.
I came across your channel last month and was instantly fascinated, especially with your Baudelaire videos. I'd seen your last video was six months old, it's such a pleasant sight to see you making more videos, I can't wait for more in the future!
You might enjoy the video on E.A. Robinson. A dark, forgotten, and great American poet.
Wow, thank you so much for explaining all these. It clarify many of my confusions why his poems are so attractive, or almost addictive to read!! Thank you!!
Thanks. Rimbaud next plz.😢
First time l heard of poet
Charles Baudelaire in this
manner l heard earlier few proses only
Thank you so much
giving me such a vivid
picture of him
Was he a great poet?
Were there boom and
bust in his creativity?
Yes he won't be a great
poet for everyone
But someone like me
admire his work greatly
His task was for majority
of the people poor
poverty, humanity etc
Therefore l would like to
read more of his work
more or fully
Same time l was
sadden by his early
departure.
I am still contemplating
his diminishing now
I am sure l will get over
soon.
I am sure he just lived
for the day like me
We all live and die
There is no fixed
time table for our existence
Unfortunately only
few know the real nature
of the life or the world.
I miss the 19th century.
Thank you. This is a very agreeable synopsis; to me. I resonate almost parallel to Baudelaire’s own life. 🧑🎨👨🎓🙏♾️🗝️❤️⭐️
Love your channel Dana
Your videos are wonderful, I beg you to do something on Swinburne, he's plenty crazy, and no one has touched his stuff in the digital age!
Thanks
Yessssssss you sicko !!!!!!!!!
Why sicko?
I take your comment as a compliment. Especially in the case of Baudelaire.
What signifies modern
I refer to the change in European and American artistic sensiblity in the early nineteenth century that continued into the "high Modernism" of the early twentieth century. It was the break from neo-classicism and early Romanticism in France. In the English-speaking world, it was a break from Romanticism. In many ways,
Baudelaire was the key transitional figure.
If you are interested in this complex cultural change, you might enjoy Richard Ellman's inexhaustible anthology, "The Modern Tradition, Backgrounds in Modern Literature."
It is unfathomable to me that Mr. Gioia can spend over 20 minutes talking around the poetry of Baudelaire without once citing a single line of his work, either in the original French or English translation. Despite the eloquence of the presentation, I have to wonder if it is mere blather.
It must be a burden to live with yourself, while endowed with so little initiative. Do like the rest of us and google the verses. Better still, buy a book with bilingual versions of the poems, there is an excellent one that has recently come out, with a foreword by Dana Gioia
Hi Dana,
Someone shared one of your videos on LinkedIn, and I decided to check it out. I must say, I’m fascinated. As a lover of beauty, and dare I say, a student of it, your work really caught my attention.
I would love to connect and explore the possibility of collaborating. I’m a filmmaker and video editor, and I’m interested in doing a profile on you.