Product Description

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, most of them written after he had abandoned literature. A master of French verse forms, the young Rimbaud set out to transform his art, and language itself, by a systematic adisordering of all the senses, a often with the aid of alcohol and drugs. The result is a highly innovative, modern body of work, obscene and lyrical by turnsaa rigorous journey to extremes. Jeremy Harding and John Sturrockas new translation includes Rimbaudas greatest verse, as well as his record of youthful torment, "A Season in Hell" (1873), and letters that unveil the man who turned his back on poetry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #183586 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-02
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

Synopsis
Arthur Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. During his brief five-year reign as the enfant terrible of French literature, he produced an extraordinary range of poems, from the exquisite to the obscene.

About the Author
Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) is one of France's most controversial and influential poets. His works include A Season in Hell and Illuminations. Jeremy Harding is Senior Editor at the London Review of Books, a translator, and journalist. He is currently working on a book about being adopted. John Sturrock is Consulting Editor for the London Review of Books, a literary critic, travel writer, and translator. His translations for Penguin include novels by Stendhal and Hugo, and one volume of the new Proust translation: Sodom and Gomorrah.