Research Catalog

Title

Baudelaire : at the limits and beyond / Nicolae Babuts.

Author

Babuts, Nicolae.

Publication

Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1997.

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Details

Description

182 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• This book is an attempt to define the coherence that is characteristic of Baudelaire's texts. Does Baudelaire exist? No, the question is not whether he lived more than a century ago, but rather do his works persuade us to believe in the existence of a unified center that inspires and sanctions those forms, passions, and concepts that we consistently call Baudelairean. An affirmative answer does not deny the value of other critical views but promotes the ambition to let the texts that are being considered exert more control over the outcome of the interpretive venture. This is in contrast to the tendency, which has become more evident in the last two or three decades, to appropriate Baudelaire's works and convert him to various ideologically driven beliefs.
• In his poetry and critical writings, Baudelaire performs a vast fusion of experiential and literary sources, explores in a more resolute manner the domain of correspondences, and, thereby, marks a radical departure from the accepted norms. He challenges, humbles, and then reaffirms and recenters Western tradition. That is his finest achievement.

Subject

• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867 > Criticism and interpretation
• 1800-1900

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-173) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Baudelaire and the Unity of the Self -- 2. The Mnemonic Text: "Le Mauvais vitrier" and "Mademoiselle Bistouri" -- 3. The Realignment of the Love Lyric -- 4. "Une Mort heroique": Martyrdom and Tradition -- 5. Andromache and Baudelairean Exile in "Le Cygne" -- 6. "Le Voyage": The Dimension of Myth -- 7. Allegory and Correspondences -- 8. The Dynamics of Transmutation.

ISBN

087413644X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97020434^

OCLC

• 36909923
• SCSB-10514046

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library