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Symbolism
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil, 1857) by Charles Baudelaire. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stock tropes and images. The aesthetic was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine during the 1860s and '70s. In the 1880s, the aesthetic was articulated by a series of manifestos and attracted a g
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From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.
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― Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
― Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
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Behind these eyes
there is a girl trapped within
her pain – a girl feeling all the emotions
of anger and sadness.
She’s fighting for a way out.” (In her eyes, p. 39)
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― Muses of Wandering Passions
― Muses of Wandering Passions
Here lies the lost souls who cling to the decaying beauty of Decadent literature and poetry. A g…more
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