The Flowers of Evil

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:The_Flowers_of_Evil_(ballet)
gptkb:The_Flowers_of_Evil_(film)
gptkb:The_Flowers_of_Evil_(manga)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Charles_Baudelaire
gptkbp:awarded none (during Baudelaire's lifetime)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:criticalReception controversial at publication
now considered a masterpiece
gptkbp:genre Modernist poetry
Symbolist poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Flowers of Evil
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arthur_Rimbaud
gptkb:Modernist_literature
gptkb:Paul_Verlaine
gptkb:Stéphane_Mallarmé
gptkb:French_Symbolism
gptkbp:inspiredBy personal experiences of Charles Baudelaire
urban Paris
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:legalStatus subject to censorship
six poems banned in France
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:book
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:L'Albatros
gptkb:Spleen
gptkb:Le_Vampire
gptkb:La_Mort_des_amants
Correspondances
gptkbp:notableRelease 1861 edition
1868 edition
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Les_Fleurs_du_mal
gptkbp:publicationDate 1857
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Poulet-Malassis_et_de_Broise
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Petits_Poèmes_en_prose
gptkb:Les_Paradis_artificiels
gptkbp:section gptkb:Tableaux_Parisiens
gptkb:Fleurs_du_Mal
gptkb:Le_Vin
gptkb:Révolte
gptkb:La_Mort
gptkb:Spleen_et_Idéal
gptkbp:structure six sections
gptkbp:subject beauty
decadence
melancholy
eroticism
urban life
evil
gptkbp:theme death
love
modernity
decay
boredom
spiritual crisis
duality of good and evil
beauty in the grotesque
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:James_McGowan
gptkb:William_Aggeler
gptkb:Richard_Howard
gptkb:Roy_Campbell
gptkbp:verseNumber 126
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shogakukan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4