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Wilmesant's resignation made Sainte-Beuve extremely angry, and what he didn't expect was that Baudelaire was actually operating behind his back.

The relationship between Sainte-Beuve and Baudelaire was more of a literary and artistic disagreement.

From 1844 onwards, Sainte-Beuve was elected a member of the Académie Française, and from 1848 to 1860 he was a professor at the University of Liège, the University of France and the École Normale Supérieure.

However, Sainte-Beuve did not realize that an even greater literary revolution was beginning.

Produced at the end of the 18th century and developed to its peak in the first half of the 19th century, Romantic literature is gradually withdrawing from the stage of history, at this time Hugo, Sainte-Beuve and other older generations have not yet realized that their glory will eventually pass, and the French literary and artistic world will usher in a great rebirth.

It is the end of the old and the beginning of the new.

As Gorky later said: "Baudelaire, 'who lives in evil, loves good', and in the end, he left France with some dark and vicious poems that exude a cold air of despair and die." For these poems, people called him a madman during his lifetime and a poet after his death. ”

Baudelaire's defiance of Romanticism marked the rise of symbolism and the formal emergence of modernist literature. It is also the general root of various modernist literary genres and works that emerged in the next hundred years, and its influence and traces can be seen in most modernist works.

"Monsieur Sainte-Beuve, we will compensate for your article in the next column, what do you think?"

Wilmesan proposed a détente plan, and he didn't want to get too stiff with the other party.

"No need, Editor-in-Chief Will Mesan."

Sainte-Beuve waved his hand and replied indifferently, "So be it, since His Excellency Baudelaire is so enthusiastic about these two poems, I think it is time to comment on them for him." ”

His gaze glanced at the newspaper, and the pen name was signed by only one G initial, as if to prick his old and fragile heart, and finally he just muttered disdainfully, "This poem is very different from the previous "Afternoon of the Faun", if the previous time Baudelaire picked up the jewel, this time he is more disgusting than picking up dog shit." Just two lines of poetry? Also worthy of poetry? Compared to that Garion, this man is not qualified to call himself a poet at all! ”

The attitude of the others contrasted sharply with the indignation of Sainte-Beuve, who did not know that "Answer" and "Generation" had also been moved to Georges-Sand's salon party.

Tulips dot the surrounding red brick walls, roses sloping down like a pink waterfall, and budding flowers like splashes against the azure sky.

The emerald green lawn is dotted with white tables and chairs, and there are talking and laughing figures of gentlemen and ladies chatting in twos and threes.

A feast is being held at George Sand's estate.

Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Turgenev, and the names of the most famous figures of the literary world gathered at George Sand's Lodge for her literary salon.

When they received the invitation to this banquet, many people felt slightly surprised. This bold deviant, unusual woman had been closed for a long time after the deaths of Chopin and Muse, but she chose to make a comeback at this time, vaguely smelling something else.

Verlaine stood a little farther away, his first formal foray into the literary scene of Paris.

At this time, George Sand picked up the newspaper in his hand and said to the people present, "I think everyone has recently known that His Excellency Baudelaire has discovered a good seedling, and that "Afternoon of the Faun" has been unanimously approved by everyone, and we are also looking forward to this young man named Galian participating in the next literary salon held by His Excellency Baudelaire. ”

Dumas smiled and nodded, and said, "Since Baudelaire's "The Flowers of Evil" was seized by the authorities, the French poetry scene has been deserted for a long time, and "The Afternoon of the Faun" is like a clear stream, injecting fresh vitality into the entire literary world. Then again, Baudelaire, where did you dig the seedlings from? ”

"Serendipity."

Baudelaire winked at Dumas and whispered, "It's as predestined as your La Traviata being discovered." ”

Dumas knew that the other party was reluctant to delve deeper, so he didn't say anything more, but just smiled at Baudelaire.

However, what George Sand said next made everyone present prick up their ears.

"Afternoon of the Faun is just the beginning."

George Sand raised the newspaper in his hand and said to those present, "Today's salon gathering, I would like to let all of you here take a look at these two poems, which have just appeared in Le Figaro. ”

Baudelaire and Georgesand glanced at each other, and Dumas took the newspaper from each other's hands, looked at the poem, and then showed a solemn expression.

"This is? A poem in praise of freedom? ”

Obviously, compared with the previous implicit "Afternoon of the Faun", this "Answer" boldly and directly points out the theme from the beginning, resisting oppression and pursuing freedom.

Although there was no explicit statement, the literati present all saw the signs of the other side and directly aimed at the oppression and imprisonment of those who pursued freedom by the feudal forces.

"Meanness is the passport of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble."

"Behold, the gilded sky is full of the reflections of the dead......

The originally noisy salon slowly calmed down, and finally only the voice of Alexandre Dumas echoed above the manor.

Turgenev and Baudelaire looked at each other with a look of expected surprise.

“…… This poem really makes you feel a sense of ...... Shocking ...... like never before"

The first line of the opening verse made Dumas feel that this poem was different from what he had been exposed to before.

As a poet, Verlaine's two sentences brought an incomparably shocking shock.

It was as if the genre was groping in the dark, and suddenly it saw the light.

"Yes, this poem is very unique."

Baudelaire took Alexandre Dumas's words and said excitedly, "If "The Afternoon of the Faun" has not departed from the category of classical literature and art, then this poem can be called the originator of the mountain!" This "Answer" and "The Afternoon of the Faun" can be said to be rare masterpieces in the past few years, and they have simply drawn two peaks that are difficult to climb for the successors. ”

"And he is the first person in recent years to use this implicit method to attack the French government......"

Verlaine said the truth that no one else dared to say, and said cautiously, "Everyone can see who the despicable person is. ”

Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered, Baudelaire became more and more excited.

He wants to tell everyone that poetry has not declined with the seizure of "The Flower of Evil", and after a period of silence, the spark of the prairie fire has finally ignited again!

The pursuit of freedom, the desire for the footsteps of light, never ends!

"This author, who signed G, is simply ...... compared to Galion"

Baudelaire paused, and thought of a precise and appropriate adjective to describe in his mind.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Baudelaire said slowly, "The 'double wall' of the French poetry scene." ”