A phenomenonally precicious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. During his brief 5-year reign as the enfant terrible of French literature he produced an extraordinary body of poems that range from the exquisite to the obsene, while simultaneously living a life of dissolute excess with his lover and fellow poet, Verlaine. At the age of 21, he abandonned poetry and travelled across Europe before settling in Africa as an arms trader. This edition sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a sparkling translation of his most exhilarating poetry and a generous selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader.
| ISBN: | 9780140448023 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2004 |
| Author: | Arthur Rimbaud, Jeremy Harding, John Sturrock |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 464 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Diaries, letters and journals |
A phenomenonally precicious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. During his brief 5-year reign as the enfant terrible of French literature he produced an extraordinary body of poems that range from the exquisite to the obsene, while simultaneously living a life of dissolute excess with his lover and fellow poet, Verlaine. At the age of 21, he abandonned poetry and travelled across Europe before settling in Africa as an arms trader. This edition sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a sparkling translation of his most exhilarating poetry and a generous selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader.
Selected Poems and Letters features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Diaries, letters and journals
Selected Poems and Letters is available in Paperback
Selected Poems and Letters was written by Arthur Rimbaud, Jeremy Harding, John Sturrock and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Selected Poems and Letters has 464 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
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