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Charles Baudelaire: A Study by Arthur Symons is a critical exploration of the life, philosophy, and poetic works of Charles Baudelaire, one of the most influential and controversial French poets of the 19th century. Symons, an English poet and literary critic associated with the Symbolist movement, examines Baudelaire’s complex personality and his contributions to literature, particularly his seminal work, Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil). Through this study, Symons interprets Baudelaire’s aesthetic of beauty interwoven with darkness, finding him to be a figure who embraced life's dualities, blending the sacred and the profane in his quest to understand human nature.Symons delves into the themes of decadence, urban life, and existential struggle that define Baudelaire's poetry, highlighting how he turned personal turmoil and inner conflict into profound art. He explores Baudelaire’s fascination with the exotic, his intense sensibility to beauty, and his groundbreaking approach to expressing ennui and alienation within the rapidly changing society of Paris. Symons' study also touches on Baudelaire's influence on later Symbolists, Modernists, and poets worldwide.