A Season in Hell and The Illuminations (Galaxy Books) - Softcover

Rimbaud, Arthur; Rhodes, Enid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195017609 ISBN 13: 9780195017601

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1974

Synopsis

Written by Rimbaud at the age of 18 in the wake of his tempestuous affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine, A Season in Hell has been a touchstone for anguished poets, artists, and lovers for more than a century.

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About the Author:

The poetic genius of Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) blossomed early and burned briefly. Nearly all of his work was composed when he was in his teens. During the century following his death at thirty-seven, Rimbaud's work and life have influenced generations of readers and writers. Radical in its day, Rimbaud's writing took some of the first and most fundamental steps toward the liberation of poetry from the formal constraints of its history, and now represents one of the most powerful and enduring bodies of poetic expression in human history.
Wyatt Mason has translated the works of various contemporary French writers, and has been a finalist for the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. His translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poetical and prose works, "Rimbaud Complete," appeared in 2002 from the Modern Library. His writing has appeared in "Harper's," "The Nation," and the "Los Angeles Times," He was named a fellow of the New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers for 2003-2004. His current projects include a new translation of Dante's "La Vita Nuova," for the Modern Library. He is also at work on a translation of the essays of Michel de Montaigne.

Peschel is Assistant Professor of French at Yale University.

Henri Peyre (1901-1988) was Sterling Professor and chair of the French Department at Yale University. He was the author of numerous books including Literature and Sincerity, Baudelaire: A Collection of Critical Essays, and The Contemporary French Novel.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0195017609
• ISBN 13: 9780195017601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192