Hymn to Beauty Summary
Charles Baudelaire

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Hymn to Beauty Summary

"Hymn to Beauty" comes from the "Spleen and Ideal" section of Charles Baudelaire's book Les Fleurs du Mal (which translates into English as Flowers of Evil or Flowers of Suffering). First published in 1857, it has become one of the most widely read and influential collections of poetry ever to come out of France. Like Edgar Allan Poe, whose works Baudelaire was instrumental in introducing to French audiences through extensive translations and critical works...

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