Baudelaire and the Leçons françaises de littérature et de morale by Noël and Delaplace

In studying what constituted implicit intertextuality for poets and readers of the nineteenth century, the analysis of school culture is a real goldmine. The textbook Leçons françaises by Noël and Delaplace reveals an aspect of the poetics of the young Baudelaire, who grafted a new aesthetic onto classical material. The poet succeeds in creating a fusion of modern ideas and traditional practices.