Comments on: Literary Eccentricities. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Baudelairean http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-741473 Baudelairean Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:58:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-741473 Baudelaire never owned a pet bat. Where did you get that idea? His opiate addiction has been analyzed in a recent book called Baudelaire in Chains. Baudelaire never owned a pet bat. Where did you get that idea?

His opiate addiction has been analyzed in a recent book called Baudelaire in Chains.

]]> By: Moon http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64586 Moon Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:55:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64586 James Joyce went blind from that! James Joyce went blind from that!

]]> By: Moon http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64584 Moon Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:52:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64584 <i>Charles Dickens [wiki] could not sleep unless his bed was aligned in a north-south position. Also, he habitually touched certain objects three times "for luck."</i> Certain "objects", eh? Is that a euphemism or what? Charles Dickens [wiki] could not sleep unless his bed was aligned in a north-south position. Also, he habitually touched certain objects three times “for luck.”

Certain “objects”, eh? Is that a euphemism or what?

]]> By: pld http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64550 pld Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:24:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64550 The paragraph about H.C. Andersen reminds me when I was about 12 or so ... I had a bunk bed and slept on the top; one time I just jumped out of bed in my sleep and incredibly landed on feet. Sadly, not on my toes, but on heels, and it hurt so bad that I almost had to go to a hospital. Quite a rude awakening, literally. The paragraph about H.C. Andersen reminds me when I was about 12 or so … I had a bunk bed and slept on the top; one time I just jumped out of bed in my sleep and incredibly landed on feet. Sadly, not on my toes, but on heels, and it hurt so bad that I almost had to go to a hospital. Quite a rude awakening, literally.

]]> By: aliocha http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64469 aliocha Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/11/literary-eccentricities/#comment-64469 according to my edition of "les paradis artificiels", baudelaire was not addicted to opium, he only took laudanum a couple of times as a cure... besides, he was very conservative about drugs as an entertainment or an 'enlightenment' (and this what the "artificial paradises" essay is about...) according to my edition of “les paradis artificiels”, baudelaire was not addicted to opium, he only took laudanum a couple of times as a cure… besides, he was very conservative about drugs as an entertainment or an ‘enlightenment’ (and this what the “artificial paradises” essay is about…)

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