The French modernists loathed and loved the mass media of their day | Aeon EssaysBaudelaire criticized newspapers for spreading horrors, undermining culture, and harming literature, reflecting a wider 19th-century disdain for the press.
Edouard Manet Illustrates Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, in a French Edition Translated by Stephane Mallarme (1875)Poe struggled for recognition during his life, achieving fame and influence only after his death.