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Article: Poetiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur.(Review)
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- The Romanic Review
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- March 1, 1999
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Poetiques de Baudelaire dans Les Fleurs du mal: rythme, parfum, lueur. Eleonore M. Zimmermann. Paris: Lettres Modernes / Minard, 1998. Pp. 210.
Eleonore Zimmermann wishes to correct what she sees as critics' emphasis on weak poems and their neglect of the good ones, deriving from their preoccupation with extrinsic matters--either the poet's biography, or general issues in critical theory. Her return to formal, intrinsic considerations proves fruitful: she avoids the pitfall of establishing a one-to-one correspondence between forme and fond; she communicates an original understanding of Baudelaire's development as a poet; and she situates him clearly both in the ...