... of the modern city. Baudelaire's rejection of Romantic themes did not extend to the Romantic reverence for nostalgia and memory. A vast amount of his poetry refers to some sort of lost paradise. His poem, La chevelure, exemplifies such a fact as it recalls brief moments of pure happiness in distant tropical locations. Baudelaire also alleged that memory played a significant role when being related ... ...

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