Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction ENDGAMES 1
5. PART ONE Flares, Hygiene, My Heart Laid Bare
6. Introduction BREVITIES 37
7. Flares 80
8. [Hygiene] 103
9. My Heart Laid Bare 111
10. PART TWO Late Prose Poems and Projects
11. Introduction WORKS IN PROGRESS 149
12. Late Prose Poems 180
13. Projects 200
14. PART THREE Belgium Disrobed
15. Introduction BRUSSELS SPLEEN 225
16. Argument of the Book on Belgium 271
17. Argument of the Book on Belgium 293
18. APPENDIXES
19. APPENDIX 1 Excerpts from the Notebook 385
20. APPENDIX 2 Aphorisms and Album Inscriptions 389
21. APPENDIX 3 Shakespeare Anniversary 392
22. APPENDIX 4 Catalog of the Collection of M. Crabbe 400
23. APPENDIX 5 Translatorʼs Notes 403
24. APPENDIX 6 Letter to Jules Janin 406
25. APPENDIX 7 Letter to Mme. Paul Meurice 416
26. Chronology of Baudelaireʼs Life 421