“rimbaud arthur”

Arthur Rimbaud wrote a few pieces that set french poetry aghast around 1873. He'd taken to wandering Europe in lieu of university. His teachers hated him. There was a sort of subtle but perverse defiance to his work. He would create new words to describe the world around him, and produced pages of r... More

Arthur Rimbaud was one of the wildest, most uncompromising poets of his age, although his brief literary career was over by the time he was twenty-one when he embarked on a new life as a trader in Africa. This edition brings together his extraordinary poetry and more than a hundred of his letters, m... More

This excellently translated collection of witty, sarcastic, and expressive works includes the complete version of Rimbaud's autobiographical A" Season in Hell," his entire "Illuminations," a large selection of early verse poems, and "The Drunken Boat," considered by many to be his masterpiece.This e... More

These new versions of searing lyricism will delight lovers of poetry. Jary has selected the most representative pieces by the whirlwind poet, including 'The Drunken Boat', 'Memory', and healthy chunks of A Season in Hell and Illuminations. Jary has produced clear, unfussy translations of Rimbaud's f... More