Rimbaud Complete by Arthur Rimbaud

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Rimbaud has been referenced as an important poet by many poets over the years, but I had only read a few brief passages. Having now read Wyatt Mason's translation, I see why those poets see him as an important influence on 20th century poetry, despite having produced a small body of work over about three years, between the ages of 17 to 20, after which he evidently stopped writing poetry, became a businessman and moved from France to northern Africa.

This edition is bilingual, and I neither speak nor read French, so I cannot speak to the quality of the translation. The poetry, however, in English is vivid.



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