Arthur Rimbaud

Book 1944

Rimbaud : Illuminations

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Last poems before Rimbaud's exile and his entry into silence, "The Illuminations" reveal the height of his vision, his joy of being a poet, and his wandering in the theatre of magical places. These poems in prose, composed between 1873 and 1875, during his numerous voyages across Europe, will only be published in 1886 in the magazine "La Vogue".

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Book 1932

Rimbaud : A Season in Hell

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After weeks on the roads of Belgium with Verlaine, Rimbaud found himself alone in Roche, his friend was in prison for having fired two shots of revolver on him. Beauty became bitter and hope of being "the Seeing Poet" became a curse. The nine poems that make up "A Season in Hell" show the madness without return and the violent end of the illusions of a summer.

• Poetry

Book 1945

Rimbaud : Complete Works

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Changing life by the means of poetry: this was Rimbaud's ambition. This volume brings together the works of a poet who had become a myth, from his first story, composed at the age of ten, to poems in prose of Illuminations, which precede his surrender to literature, the twenty coming. We will discover, alongside his most famous texts – the letters of the Seer, the poetry or even A season in Hell – less well known wr…

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