Octavio Paz, in _El Arco Y La Lira_ (1956), talks about how any religiosity in a poet's œuvre is always ambiguous and can't be reduced to an orthodox doctrine of any specific religious institution. Baudelaire was a contradictory and paradoxical figure, so reducing him to a simply Christian poet is a little bit imprudent. Baudelaire is more a Gnostic poet, as pointed out by Brazilian poet and translator Claudio Willer (1940-) in his doctoral thesis that later was published as a book _Um Obscuro Encanto: Gnose, Gnosticismo e Poesia Moderna_ (2010) (in English: _An Obscure Delight: Gnosis, Gnosticism and Modern Poetry_ ).
so grateful for having an opportunity to learn something so profound. Thank you for putting this online
Beautiful encounter with Baudelaire
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Octavio Paz, in _El Arco Y La Lira_ (1956), talks about how any religiosity in a poet's œuvre is always ambiguous and can't be reduced to an orthodox doctrine of any specific religious institution. Baudelaire was a contradictory and paradoxical figure, so reducing him to a simply Christian poet is a little bit imprudent. Baudelaire is more a Gnostic poet, as pointed out by Brazilian poet and translator Claudio Willer (1940-) in his doctoral thesis that later was published as a book _Um Obscuro Encanto: Gnose, Gnosticismo e Poesia Moderna_ (2010) (in English: _An Obscure Delight: Gnosis, Gnosticism and Modern Poetry_ ).
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