Rimbaud : complete works, selected letters : a bilingual edition
Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-18912005
Book
Review: "The enfant terrible of French letters, Jean-Nicholas-Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) was a defiant and precocious youth who wrote some of the most remarkable prose and poetry of the nineteenth century, all before leaving the world of verse by the age of twenty-one. More than a century after his death, the young rebel-poet continues to appeal to modern readers as much for his turbulent life as for his poetry; his stormy affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine and his nomadic adventures in eastern Africa are as iconic as his hallucinatory poems and symbolist prose.The first translation of the poet's complete works when it was published in 1966, Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters introduced a new generation of Americans to the alienated genius among them the Doors lead singer Jim Morrison, who wrote translator Wallace Fowlie to thank him for rendering the poems accessible to those who don't read French that easily. Forty years later, the book remains the only side-by-side bilingual edition of Rimbaud's complete poetic works.
Main title:
Rimbaud : complete works, selected letters : a bilingual edition / translated with an introduction and notes by Wallace Fowlie ; updated, revised and with a foreword by Seth Whidden.
Edition:
Updated ed. / updated, revised and with a foreword by Seth Whidden.
Imprint:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Collation:
xxxvi, 458 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Text in English and French.
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Foreword (2005) by Seth Whidden -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography (a partial listing of works published since 1966) -- Introduction (1966) by Wallace Fowlie -- Poe;sies / Poetry -- 1869 / 1869 -- Les e;trennes des orphelins / The Orphans Gifts (New Year's) -- 1870 / 1870 -- Sensation / Sensation -- Soleil et chair / Sun and Flesh -- Ophe;lie / Ophelia -- Venus Anadyomene / Venus Anadyomene -- Premiere soire;e / The First Evening -- Les reparties de Nina / Nina's Replies -- "Morts de Quatre-vingt-douze [. ]" / "Dead of '92 [. ]" -- Les effare;s / The Frightened Ones -- Roman / Novel -- Re ve; pour l'hiver / A Dream for Winter -- Le buffet / The Cupboard -- Le;clatante victoire de Sarrebruck / The Dazzling Victory of Sarrebruck -- Le maline / The Sly Girl -- Au Cabaret-Vert / At the Cabaret-Vert -- Le dormeur du val / The Sleeper in the Valley -- A la musique / To Music -- Bal des pendus / Dance of the Hanged Men -- Le chatiment de Tartufe / Tartufe's Punishment -- Le forgeron / The Blacksmith -- Ma boheme (Fantaisie) / My Bohemian Life (Fantasy) -- Le mal / Evil -- Rages de Ce;sars / Caesars' Rages -- Poemes date;s de 1871 -
ISBN:
0226719774 (pbk)9780226719771 (pbk)0226719766 (hbk)
Dewey class:
841.8
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
69514
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -Literature | LITER 841.8 RIMB | On reserve shelf at City Library |