Spleen et Idéal

E516688

Spleen et Idéal is the opening and central section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, exploring the tension between spiritual aspiration and existential despair.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf poetic cycle ⓘ
section of a poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWith French Second Empire cultural context ⓘ
author Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
centralConcept ideal as spiritual and aesthetic aspiration ⓘ
spleen as metaphysical boredom ⓘ
containsPoem Bénédiction ⓘ
Correspondances ⓘ
Hymne à la Beauté ⓘ
La Chevelure ⓘ
La Muse malade ⓘ
La Muse vénale ⓘ
Le Balcon ⓘ
Le Possédé ⓘ
Les Phares ⓘ
L’Albatros ⓘ
linked to: L'Albatros

Parfum exotique ⓘ
Spleen ("Je suis comme le roi d’un pays pluvieux") ⓘ
Spleen ("J’ai plus de souvenirs que si j’avais mille ans") ⓘ
linked to: Spleen et Idéal

Spleen ("Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière") ⓘ
linked to: Spleen et Idéal

Spleen ("Quand le ciel bas et lourd") ⓘ
Une Charogne ⓘ
Élévation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exploresTheme boredom ⓘ
conflict between ideal and spleen ⓘ
existential anguish ⓘ
fallen spirituality ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
search for transcendence ⓘ
tension between spiritual aspiration and despair ⓘ
urban modern life ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
symbolist poetry ⓘ
hasStructuralRole organizes poems around duality of ideal and spleen ⓘ
sets philosophical tone for Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage French ⓘ
influenced later symbolist poets ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernity ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
numberOfPoems approximately 85 ⓘ
partOf Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
positionInCollection central section ⓘ
opening section ⓘ
publicationInCollection 1857 ⓘ
titleTranslation Spleen and Ideal ⓘ
workPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Fleurs du mal → section → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
Spleen et Idéal → containsPoem → Spleen ("J’ai plus de souvenirs que si j’avais mille ans") ⓘ
linked to: Spleen et Idéal
Spleen et Idéal → containsPoem → Spleen ("Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière") ⓘ
linked to: Spleen et Idéal
Le Vin → associatedWithAuthorWork → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
Révolte → relatedWork → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
La Mort → relatedWork → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
L'Albatros → collectionSection → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
Correspondances → collectionSection → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ
Une Charogne → collectionSection → Spleen et Idéal ⓘ