It's currently 3am in Italy where I'm spending my year abroad and I have an oral exams on Baudelaire 9.30am and I have spent the whole year not understanding a thing about the class because my lecturer can't teach. This guy teaching here is great. Interacting with students is so key and there are so many lecturers that just power through the lecture reading off slides and not being remotely effective. Props to you!
Sometimes what saddens me is translation doesn't render all the flavour of words which lack in translation. We have a saying in French which states "être à la fleur de l'âge " which roughly translates by to be at the prime of one's youth. So fleur can be interpreted as life and mal as dead so within the title we already know that it is going to deals with life and death/beauty and death/health and sickness in short many oxymorons.
I find this a very interesting issue, as it concerns the translation. Do you have an alternative translation that perhaps covers the meaning better? Would you say "bloom" or "flowering" would be a better fit? Kind regards
Thanks for sharing these lectures, I love Weird literature and have been amateurishly reading for some time. The link to the decadent movement is really important to writers like Lovecraft and Ashton Smith etc. This lecture is such a brilliant introduction to perhaps the most influential poems to this movement. Just wanted you to know that this content is enjoyed by a really broad audience. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧.
I really liked your description of Baudelaire's work truly amazing! I just knew about Baudelaire and I'm so disturbed in the most beautiful way. I think he's more disturbed than Edgar Allan Poe. Great lectore!
I was crazy about Baudelaire as a young man. Back when I was always horny, heartbroken, intoxicated and manic depressive, his poetry seemed come straight from my own tortured soul. Thankfully, I survived these years and Boredom is no longer the lowest of demons for me, but the most sacred of deities, who I have renamed Peace of Mind. Youth is made for such things, however, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Rest in Peace Charles Baudelaire, dear old friend. "La tempo forigos gxojon kaj malgxojon, belon kaj malbelon, bonon kaj malbonon."
Same but with Poe. I used to make pitch black, overdramatized drawings of everything until it drove me kind of insane. I found a girlfriend who convinced me to be "happier" and after that I've been doing practically the same with photography. It's hard to make it not as obvious, more like something bittersweet but y'know, it kinda works so :)
This was really good, I’ve been reading about Baudelaire lately and surprised myself how much I could participate in this class! This stuff is really good when I’m quarantined!
Here, the phrase 'elevation of soul', I think, expresses the idea that through art there is a communication of 'spiritual life' to the soul; just as bread feeds the body, art feeds the soul. Art, in this view, is sacramental: insofar as it transmits real (spiritual) vitality to the soul of the viewer/reader/beholder. What's more, just like a sacrament, art (in this view) transforms mere natural elements (bread, wine, earth, etc/paint, canvas, chalk) into a kind of supernatural sustenance.
Deca in Decadence is not decay, as stated in your lecture but simply the word “ten”, which relates to the cycles of growth and decay of organic bodies and in relation to growth and fall of great empires as Rome. Baudelaire and the other Parnassian poets use it in relation to the human body, the Psyche and Art. Gauthier also wrote “Capitan Fracassa”, aComedia del Arte plot relating to development of Drama, true love, the relationship between Art and Life etc. He cannot be called a Decadent poet per ce.
Wow, this brings the common claim Michel Houellebecq is the Baudelaire of the supermarket, into a new perspective. Both are not only widely read, but have a morbid sense of humour.
I also got a lot from this video, definitely a romantic and have gone down many spiritual/esoteric wormholes, but I also have mixed feelings on a lot of my time that I "wasted" doing some of these things instead of putting myself in a better position in life (I was not a fan of Mills and Utilitarianism when I was younger). I do value experience though, in a pragmatic William James sense, and loved the idea of ritual, which i still value, as lived art in a sense. Its something that has conflicted me for years and it is a pleasure to get some insights, and more questions, into not just a favorite childhood writer but my life as well.
i believe 'elevation of soul, not of intellect or heart', means that beauty exists in things that aren't good, moral or happy. It can exist in subversive realms that are far away from the things that we know make us feel good, like family or laughter, in other darker things that can also make us feel a deep sense of anything. To me, the detachment is from social convention and accepted dogma. What do you think?
Oh my gods you are talking about doom metal, how did this get better? And who is that girl?! Listen to Tristitia, Funeral, Austere, and Nortt, I think finding beauty in sadness is a very real thing.
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I’ve taught for over 25 years, and I don’t think I ever laughed at a student like that when they answered a question like, “What did you think?” I’m sure your lecture on Baudelaire is great, but come on: you’re better than that.
A kind of rework: Remember my love That weekend Trotksy, and crew brought. Not a single time did you recall that master at the shop that wrenched from you what your hands brought forth in exchange for a gift of a ration allure. So relieving was the dude, that away from view, his lazy, pointless self, out of memory ejected he flew.
Hi, I wanted to know if you care about other scholars stealing your video content verbatim and teaching it in classes. I know this because our review for our exam is the same (same wording) as your video that i just watched. Please get back to me if you do care about your content being distributed without your acknowledgement.
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I love Baudelaire but still learnt new things from this. I would love to have this man as a lecturer.
I know this is six years old but thank you, I've learned so much about my favorite writers from your lectures.
Only thing that kept me from failing my world literature class and I keep coming back and watching this video
Love your vibe......... Thanks for taking on Baudelaire. From a Smoky Mountain Recluse, here in TN.
It's currently 3am in Italy where I'm spending my year abroad and I have an oral exams on Baudelaire 9.30am and I have spent the whole year not understanding a thing about the class because my lecturer can't teach. This guy teaching here is great. Interacting with students is so key and there are so many lecturers that just power through the lecture reading off slides and not being remotely effective. Props to you!
Hope you manage ❤
Thanks for this! I understand Baudelaire better and can appreciate his poetry better. I recommend Roy Campbell's translation of Fleurs du Mal.
I’ve been searching for a good translation. Thanks.
Kevin Hudson I recommend my translation.
You are a wonderful teacher
I love this lecture I need to listen to more - your passion for this subject shines
Thank you so so much. I had no idea where to even start with Baudelaire's poetry
Glad I discovered this guy. He is a special talent. And so well read.
Sometimes what saddens me is translation doesn't render all the flavour of words which lack in translation. We have a saying in French which states "être à la fleur de l'âge " which roughly translates by to be at the prime of one's youth. So fleur can be interpreted as life and mal as dead so within the title we already know that it is going to deals with life and death/beauty and death/health and sickness in short many oxymorons.
I find this a very interesting issue, as it concerns the translation. Do you have an alternative translation that perhaps covers the meaning better? Would you say "bloom" or "flowering" would be a better fit? Kind regards
Of coarse not.🧑🎨
Thanks for sharing these lectures, I love Weird literature and have been amateurishly reading for some time. The link to the decadent movement is really important to writers like Lovecraft and Ashton Smith etc. This lecture is such a brilliant introduction to perhaps the most influential poems to this movement. Just wanted you to know that this content is enjoyed by a really broad audience. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧.
I really liked your description of Baudelaire's work truly amazing! I just knew about Baudelaire and I'm so disturbed in the most beautiful way. I think he's more disturbed than Edgar Allan Poe. Great lectore!
I was crazy about Baudelaire as a young man. Back when I was always horny, heartbroken, intoxicated and manic depressive, his poetry seemed come straight from my own tortured soul. Thankfully, I survived these years and Boredom is no longer the lowest of demons for me, but the most sacred of deities, who I have renamed Peace of Mind. Youth is made for such things, however, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Rest in Peace Charles Baudelaire, dear old friend. "La tempo forigos gxojon kaj malgxojon, belon kaj malbelon, bonon kaj malbonon."
Same but with Poe. I used to make pitch black, overdramatized drawings of everything until it drove me kind of insane. I found a girlfriend who convinced me to be "happier" and after that I've been doing practically the same with photography. It's hard to make it not as obvious, more like something bittersweet but y'know, it kinda works so :)
i am 14 and this is so deep
Cxu esperanto???
You know you can appreciate Baudelaire without being an edgelord right lol
@@nicholas72611 Lol, I almost forgot that Esperanto kick I was on a few years back. I have no idea what that says.
Where does he teach? I feel like I've learned so much more from this video than I have from any of my 50 minute college classes.
This teacher is working hard! Thanks
This was really good, I’ve been reading about Baudelaire lately and surprised myself how much I could participate in this class! This stuff is really good when I’m quarantined!
Placing Baudelaire in the context of 19th century social and literary values was nice indeed.
This channel is awesome, you're much better than my prof and more relatable
thanks for providing the lecture, very entertaining teacher!
Here, the phrase 'elevation of soul', I think, expresses the idea that through art there is a communication of 'spiritual life' to the soul; just as bread feeds the body, art feeds the soul. Art, in this view, is sacramental: insofar as it transmits real (spiritual) vitality to the soul of the viewer/reader/beholder. What's more, just like a sacrament, art (in this view) transforms mere natural elements (bread, wine, earth, etc/paint, canvas, chalk) into a kind of supernatural sustenance.
Would love to be part of your classes. Pls do Arthur Rimbaud season in hell. Waiting for my fleur du mail to arrive🤞
i was read sartre's 'baudelaire'. and i wanted more informations about him. thanks for video.
Umm...can I just say how sweet the guy was that immediately said, "bless you?"
Thanks for the lecture and insight, it was a joy to listen
Deca in Decadence is not decay, as stated in your lecture but simply the word “ten”, which relates to the cycles of growth and decay of organic bodies and in relation to growth and fall of great empires as Rome. Baudelaire and the other Parnassian poets use it in relation to the human body, the Psyche and Art. Gauthier also wrote “Capitan Fracassa”, aComedia del Arte plot relating to development of Drama, true love, the relationship between Art and Life etc. He cannot be called a Decadent poet per ce.
Wow, this brings the common claim Michel Houellebecq is the Baudelaire of the supermarket, into a new perspective. Both are not only widely read, but have a morbid sense of humour.
I also got a lot from this video, definitely a romantic and have gone down many spiritual/esoteric wormholes, but I also have mixed feelings on a lot of my time that I "wasted" doing some of these things instead of putting myself in a better position in life (I was not a fan of Mills and Utilitarianism when I was younger). I do value experience though, in a pragmatic William James sense, and loved the idea of ritual, which i still value, as lived art in a sense. Its something that has conflicted me for years and it is a pleasure to get some insights, and more questions, into not just a favorite childhood writer but my life as well.
I feel you on this
Great lecture. I knew he was a metalhead!
This is a good lecture and Baudelaire is a lad
Fantastic lecture. I learned a lot.
The trouble adults have with swear words in America is bizarre.
i believe 'elevation of soul, not of intellect or heart', means that beauty exists in things that aren't good, moral or happy. It can exist in subversive realms that are far away from the things that we know make us feel good, like family or laughter, in other darker things that can also make us feel a deep sense of anything. To me, the detachment is from social convention and accepted dogma.
What do you think?
I like that heavy metal came up near the end.
great professor!
Fantástico!
Ennui. It's Innate! Savage.
grazie per questa lezione fratm
Love this
Thank you!!
Oh my gods you are talking about doom metal, how did this get better? And who is that girl?! Listen to Tristitia, Funeral, Austere, and Nortt, I think finding beauty in sadness is a very real thing.
Bonjour
Je voulais vous partager l'hommage que j'ai rendu à ce grand Homme. 12 textes mis en musique
Mettre le lien ci-dessous dans la barre d'adresse après sur youtube
watch?v=5-PvYO2HPrE&t=4s
Which translation is being used, please?
my question too!
I’ve taught for over 25 years, and I don’t think I ever laughed at a student like that when they answered a question like, “What did you think?” I’m sure your lecture on Baudelaire is great, but come on: you’re better than that.
Can someone share the "To the Reader" poem that he is reading here?
Honey is also of this sorts but we don't process it for eating....its a natural beauty & tasty as well not to mention the health benefits.
sick af lecturer
A kind of rework: Remember my love That weekend Trotksy, and crew brought. Not a single time did you recall that master at the shop that wrenched from you what your hands brought forth in exchange for a gift of a ration allure. So relieving was the dude, that away from view, his lazy, pointless self, out of memory ejected he flew.
i don't want to spoil the 666 likes in this guy
Hi, I wanted to know if you care about other scholars stealing your video content verbatim and teaching it in classes. I know this because our review for our exam is the same (same wording) as your video that i just watched. Please get back to me if you do care about your content being distributed without your acknowledgement.
Discussing a carcass was suitably hilarious 😂
Mick Jagger got me here............
ASMR
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakoff
Baudelaire is not shocking comparing to way you look.
That guy's French is awful, but his class is very enjoyable!
Good thing he is not teaching French then.
This 21st anglophone interpretation is disgusting in relation to Spinoza's sub specie æternitatis
This is not bad.