... 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 to ... other, towards Satan. He would however maintain that man's spiritual disease would consequently declare Satan as victor. Hence, evil prevails over good. He further demonstrated this not...

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