Baudelaire’s Paris Looking at Africa, and Vice Versa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21728618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alistair Rolls (0000-0003-2547-0618, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Marguerite Johnson (0000-0001-7619-9376, The University of Queensland) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 196-207 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dix-Neuf (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-7318 • E-ISSN: 1478-7342 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14787318.2024.2334112 |
| OpenAlex | W4394572841 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article tests the textual differences between those of Baudelaire's poems that are typically considered ‘Parisian' or ‘foreign'. It argues that ‘La Belle Dorothée' is not only a poem about an African gaze on France, or indeed only a poem set in Africa, but that it can also be shown to represent an allegory for a Parisian view of self. The more overtly Parisian ‘À une passante’, for its part, glances at more than a poet struck down in Paris by the shock of Modernity; it also gazes inter alia on African beauty, Sara Baartman, aka the Hottentot Venus
Sociology · Versa · World Wide Web · Computer Science · French Literature and Critical Theory · French Literature and Poetry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |