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In the early 1850s, Baudelaire struggled with poor health, pressing debts, and irregular literary output. He often moved from one lodging to another to escape creditors. He undertook many projects that he was unable to complete, though he did finish translations of stories by Edgar Allan Poe .
At 45 years of age, Charles Baudelaire suffered a left hemispheric stroke that left him with a right hemiplegia and severe aphasia. In this chapter, we investigate the nature of his symptoms, drawing mostly on his own and his contemporaries' correspondence.
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (/ʃaʁl (ə) pjɛʁ (ə) bod'lɛʁ/ audio ⓘ; Parigi, 9 aprile 1821 – Parigi, 31 agosto 1867) è stato un poeta, scrittore, critico letterario, critico d'arte, giornalista, filosofo, aforista, saggista e traduttore francese.
21 dic 2022 · Baudelaire's images can help rehumanise the condition we – the post-moderns – renamed over-inclusively as ‘depression’. They can help us relate to the patient's experience of transformation.
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Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris, France, in April of 1821. His mother was Caroline Baudelaire, and his father was Joseph-François Baudelaire, who worked as a senior civil servant and was an amateur artist. Baudelaire’s father died when he was still very young, which no doubt had an indirect impact on his future works. His mother remarried the ...
As a young man, Baudelaire was educated in Lyon. Although he boarded at his institution, he was not a very good student. His studies were erratic, and he did not seem to have a particular vocation in mind. Later on, in his educational career, he attended Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He intended to study law but still did not have a fully formed c...
Baudelaire’s first published work was an art review titled Salon of 1845. It was noticed for its bold writing styleand critical opinions. In 1848 it was known that he took part in the February Revolution. Although his interest in politics was sparing, he did spend time writing for a revolutionary newspaper. In the early 50s, his bad habits began to...
The final years of Baudelaire’s life were marked by illness and financial difficulties. It is rumored that a large contributor to his bad health was his bout with syphilis alongside gonorrhea. He had been a consistent user of laudanum for most of his life, and combined with poverty, his health was in a bad state. In 1859 his mother allowed him to m...
15 gen 2020 · In questo noto sonetto, Baudelaire rivela il suo spirito come in una sfumatura, in modo diretto ma intrigante, ammaliante e coinvolgente. Tra sinestesie e metafore, sicuramente viene da affermare una verità: qui c’è qualcosa .
Baudelaire’s health had been deteriorating for some time. There was no effective cure for syphilis in his day, and so although he thought he was cured of it in the early 1840s, his disease erupted in 1849, and again in the spring of 1861.
