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A 6 page research paper/essay that, first, discusses Charles Baudelaire's concept of the flaneur, or pedestrian observer of urban life. Then, the writer discusses the concept of the flaneur in relation to city life in Savannah, Georgia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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who sees and appreciates the urban landscape. Baudelaire describes the quintessential flaneur as a "man of the world," who is someone who "understands the world and the mysterious and legitimate
reasons behind all its customs" (Baudelaire). Yet, while this observer is sophisticated, he also possess a child-like appreciation of beauty, as he continues to possess the "genius of childhood," in
whom "no edge of life is blunted" (Baudelaire). For this individual, the crowd is his natural domain, "just as the air is for the birds, and water that of the
fish" (Baudelaire). He merges with the crowd, enjoying its anonymity, while also experiencing a feeling of home, as he finds "home anywhere" (Baudelaire). Consider this definition, the issue that this
discussion of Baudelaires perspective on how to appreciate city life turns is the question of how a modern-day flaneur would appreciate the city of Savannah, Georgia. Where would a flaneur
go? What would he wish to see? Would Savannah live up to his refined sensibilities and his appreciation for art, music, and the rhythms of modern life? Even a cursory
investigation of Savannah finds it to be a city of great beauty, in which the old and new aspects of modernity are combined into a whole that is both satisfying
and captivating. History indicates that this has always been true. General William Tecumseh Sherman was so taken with the city of Savannah that he did not burn it on
his destructive Civil War march through Georgia to the sea (Henkin). Rather than burn Savannah, history shows that Sherman presented the preservation of his "jewel" of the South as a
Christmas prsent to Lincoln (Henkin). Today, Savannahs magnificent architecture fascinates all visitors. Savannah possesses not only the nations largest registry of urban historic buildings, but it also has the
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