Little Prose Poems

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Little Prose Poems is the English title of Charles Baudelaire’s influential collection of short, experimental prose pieces that helped pioneer the modern prose poem form.

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instanceOf book
prose poetry collection
short story collection
author Charles Baudelaire
authorNationality French
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception considered highly influential in the development of prose poetry
firstPublishedInPeriodical La Presse
Le Figaro
genre experimental literature
prose poetry
hasForm prose poem
short prose piece
hasFormCharacteristic absence of traditional verse lineation
short, self-contained pieces
hasStyle fragmentary structure
lyrical prose
poetic imagery
hasSubject Paris
everyday life
modern city
hasTranslation Little Prose Poems
hasTranslationLanguage English
influenced French prose poetry
modern prose poem
modernist literature
influencedWriter Arthur Rimbaud
Paul Valéry
Stéphane Mallarmé
language French
literaryMovement Modernism
Symbolism
literaryPeriod 19th century literature
notableFor experimental use of prose instead of verse
pioneering the modern prose poem form
originalTitle Le Spleen de Paris
Petits poèmes en prose
partOfAuthorWork Charles Baudelaire bibliography
publicationStatus posthumous
relatedWorkBySameAuthor Les Fleurs du mal
theme alienation
boredom
melancholy
modernity
the city
the crowd
the flâneur
urban life

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Le Spleen de Paris alsoKnownAs Little Prose Poems
Little Prose Poems hasTranslation Little Prose Poems