Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction: Endgames 1
Part 1 Flares, Hygiene, My Heart Laid Bare
Introduction: Brevities 39
Flares 80
Hygiene 103
My Heart Laid Bare 111
Part 2 Late Prose Poems and Projects
Introduction: Works in Progress 151
Late Prose Poems 180
The Mirror 180
The Port 180
Portraits of Mistresses 181
The Gallant Marksman 185
Soup and Clouds 185
Cemetery and Shooting Range 186
Lost Halo 187
Mademoiselle Bistoury 188
Anywhere Out of the World 191
Let's Beat Up the Poor! 193
Good Dogs 195
Projects 200
Lists of Titles 200
Notes and Drafts 206
Projects for Short Stories and Novels 211
Part 3 Belgium Disrobed
Introduction: Brussels Spleen 227
Argument of the Book on Belgium 271
Selections from Belgium Disrobed 293
Appendixes
1 Excerpts from the Notebook 385
2 Aphorisms and Album Inscriptions 389
3 Shakespeare Anniversary 392
4 Catalog of the Collection of M. Crabbe 400
5 Translator's Notes 403
6 Letter to Jules Janin 406
7 Letter to Mme. Paul Meurice 416
Chronology of Baudelaire's Life 421