Les Fleurs du mal

The publication of Les Fleurs du Mal is a scandal and a resounding trial for the New Programs by Denis Roche and Olivier Rocheteau. 1857: The publication of Les Fleurs du Mal is a scandal and a resounding trial for their author, Charles Baudelaire. Today, the subversive modernity of this collection of poems, rich in images and symbols, can only be astonished: an unprecedented alliance of voluptuousness and suffering, exalting evil, fascination for ugliness and beauty... From the depths of the city to artificial paradises, from the spleen to escape, follow the poet in his journey towards the ideal. In the volume, numerous activities of appropriation and study of the language, as well as a photo book and a group of texts in connection with the associated "Poetic Alchemy: mud and gold" (New programs, Bac 2020).