Baudelaire now: the sounds of childhood

Abstract

A major issue, beyond all forms of pointless subjective concerns, is that of the changes in one’s representation, not of an artwork but of an artist. The fact is that one’s appreciation of a creator is never constant – the reason an actor finds Shakespeare a genius is bound to vary according to one’s age, background, ideals, or how one’s life has previously been shaken. So, as a researcher in the interaction of philosophy and translation, I aim first to retrace the stages of my appreciation of the poet that has accompanied my life for many years.