Name: illuminations
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Author: Rimbaud, Arthur ; Ashbery, John
ISBN: 9780393341829

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Author

Arthur Rimbaud

Translated by

John Ashbery

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

0393341828

ISBN13

9780393341829

Synopsis "illuminations"

The modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery's "dazzling" (The Economist) new translation, widely hailed as one of the literary events of the year. Presented with French text in parallel and a preface by its translator, Ashbery's rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original

Arthur Rimbaud

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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (Charleville, 1854 - Marseille, 1891) was already considered a genius at just twenty years old thanks to some poems and lyrical prose that drew from his fierce and excessive lifestyle. His transgressive poetry and surreal themes influenced modern literature and arts, such as decadentism and the beat generation. Rimbaud was one of the leading figures of symbolism, the dominant trend in the second half of the 19th century often marked as the beginning of contemporary lyricism.

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