In the opening section of his major work, this poet says that men nourish their sins as beggars nourish lice, and proposes ennui the greatest of all vices. In addition to his prefatory poem "To the Reader," he wrote "that crown will be made of nothing but pure light" in "Benediction," the first poem in the "Spleen and Ideal" section of a volume that also contains "Wine, Death, and Revolt." For 10 points, name this French Romantic poet who ran into censorship trouble with his decadent volume Les Fleurs du Mal, which is often translated as The Fl
In the opening section of his major work, this poet says that men nourish their sins as beggars nourish lice, and proposes ennui the greatest of all vices. In addition to his prefatory poem "To the Reader," he wrote "that crown will be made of nothing but pure light" in "Benediction," the first poem in the "Spleen and Ideal" section of a volume that also contains "Wine, Death, and Revolt." For 10 points, name this French Romantic poet who ran into censorship trouble with his decadent volume Les Fleurs du Mal, which is often translated as The Flowers of Evil.
In the opening section of his major work, this poet says that men nourish their sins as beggars nourish lice, and proposes ennui the greatest of all vices.
Charles Pierre {Baudelaire}