SOURCE: "The Interpretation of the Fleurs du Mal" in Baudelaire: A Study of His Poetry, New Directions Books, 1953, pp. 175-99.
In the following excerpt, Turnell argues that Baudelaire uses the imagery of urban crowds to escape the solitude of the poetic process.
This is a free excerpt of 42 words. There are 7,599 words (approx.
25 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Les fleurs du mal: Critical Essay by Martin Turnell Access Pass.
