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A fragment on this poet likens him to a photographer who sees the “essence of things” in his negatives. This poet’s line “Everything for me becomes allegory” provided the starting point for a study subtitled “A Lyric Poet in the Era of High Capitalism.” (10[1])This 19th-century poet is said to put “shock (10[1])experience at the very center of his” art in an essay “On Some Motifs” in his work. This poet’s (10[1])idea of “botanizing on the asphalt” is cited in “histories” by Rebecca Solnit and Lauren Elkin. 18 “scenes” by this (10[1])poet that inspired the essay “The Translator’s Task” (-5[2])comprise a 24-hour cycle (10[1])critiquing a renovated city. In his Arcades Project, (10[4]-5[2])Walter (10[1])Benjamin (-5[1])(“BEN-yuh-meen”) used this poet’s image (10[1])of a “passionate spectator” (10[1])for whom “the crowd is his element.” For 10 points, what poet’s essay “The Painter of Modern Life” (10[2])originated the archetype of the flâneur? (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[4])

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