Baudelaire responded in his own way to the contemporary demand to know and acknowledge the existence of relatively unknown authors. He acted as a biographer on at least three occasions (for Poe, Gautier, and Delacroix), and each of these biographies is inspired by admiration, verging on veneration. This article first examines the biographies written by Baudelaire, in order to identify the distinctive features of his approach, and then goes into further detail on the works he dedicated to painters specifically.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-07059-7
EAN:9782406070597
ISSN: 2105-2689
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07059-7.p.0155
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 08-10-2017
Periodicity: Quarterly
Language: French
Keyword: Baudelaire, theory of biographies, Dandyism