Arthur Rimbaud

Enid Starkie

ISBN 10: 081120197X / ISBN 13: 9780811201971

Published by New Directions Publishing Corporation, US, 1962

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Rimbaud-a mythic name-his life as extraordinary as his work was influential in redirecting the course, first of French, and then of world poetry. He is, indeed, the very symbol of what we now call "modern" literature; nearly a hundred years before the arrival of the "mind-expanding" drugs, Rimbaud understood that the borders of the writer's consciousness must be extended and made the deliberate attempt to use hallucination as a creative method.Dr. Starkie, a lecturer in French literature at Oxford, has devoted many years of research to Rimbaud, revising her biography three times as new manuscript material and information about him has come to light.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arthur Rimbaud
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation, US
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081120197X
• ISBN 13: 9780811201971
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 555 grams

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Synopsis

“This is the fullest and fairest of the half-dozen books on Rimbaud in English. No single volume so complete exists even in French.”―Roger Shattuck (The New York Times)

Rimbaud―a mythic name―his life as extraordinary as his work was influential in redirecting the course, first of French, and then of world poetry. He is, indeed, the very symbol of what we now call “modern” literature; nearly a hundred years before the arrival of the “mind-expanding” drugs, Rimbaud understood that the borders of the writer’s consciousness must be extended and made the deliberate attempt to use hallucination as a creative method.

Dr. Starkie, a lecturer in French literature at Oxford, has devoted many years of research to Rimbaud, revising her biography three times as new manuscript material and information about him has come to light.

From the Back Cover

Rimbaud-a mythic name-his life as extraordinary as his work was influential in redirecting the course, first of French, and then of world poetry. His is, indeed, the very symbol of what we now call 'modern' literature; nearly a hundred years before the arrival of the 'mind-expanding' drugs.