The definitive translation of the one of the brightest geniuses of French poetry. The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), have acquired

Illuminations
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The definitive translation of the one of the brightest geniuses of French poetry.
The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), have acquired enormous prestige among readers everywhere and have been a revolutionary influence on poetry in the twentieth century. They are offered here both in their original texts and in superb English translations by Louise Varese. Mrs. Varese first published her versions of Rimbaudâ€™sÂ IlluminationsÂ in 1946. Since then she has revised her work and has included two poems which in the interim have been reclassified as part ofÂ Illuminations. This edition also contains two other series of prose poems, which include two poems only recently discovered in France, together with an introduction in which Miss Varese discusses the complicated ins and outs of Rimbaldien scholarship and the special qualities of Rimbaudâ€™s writing. Rimbaud was indeed the most astonishing of French geniuses. Fired in childhood with an ambition to write, he gave up poetry before he was twenty-one. Yet he had already produced some of the finest examples of French verse. He is best known forÂ A Season in Hell, but his other prose poems are no less remarkable. While he was working on them he spoke of his interest in hallucinationsâ€“â€“"des vertiges, des silences, des nuits." These perceptions were caught by the poet in a beam of pellucid, and strangely active language which still lights upâ€“â€“now here, now thereâ€“â€“unexplored aspects of experience and thought.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811201841
ReleaseDate 1957-01-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811201841

Country	USA
Brand	New Directions
Manufacturer	New Directions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780811201841
ReleaseDate	1957-01-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780811201841

Illuminations

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