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La Fanfarlo

La Fanfarlo is a work by French poet Charles Baudelaire, first published in January 1847. The novella describes a fictionalised account of the writer's love affair with a dancer, Jeanne Duval.Irish literary critic Enid Starkie, known for her biographical works on French poets, said about La Fanfarlo:


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Charles Baudelaire photo

“We have psychologized like the insane, who aggravate their madness in struggling to understand it.”

Charles Baudelaire book La Fanfarlo

Nous avons psychologisé comme les fous, qui augmentent leur folie en s’efforçant de la comprendre. <br class="br">&quot;La Fanfarlo&quot; (1847) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Fanfarlo

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“Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”

Charles Baudelaire book La Fanfarlo

La danse peut révéler tout ce que la musique recèle de mystérieux, et elle a de plus le mérite d&#x27;être humaine et palpable. La danse, c&#x27;est la poésie avec des bras et des jambs, ... <br class="br">&quot;La Fanfarlo&quot; (1847) http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Fanfarlo

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