Arthur Rimbaud

by Benjamin Ivry

An introduction to Rimbaud's life and achievement in the context of his love affair with Verlaine; which has been the subject of many plays and novels and a film. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189979171X
• ISBN13: 9781899791712
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Absolute Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

excellent short introduction with perceptive original insights

I was very pleased to find in this book not just a reliable short introduction to Rimbaud's life and work but also some unknown (to me) details about the lives and works of Rimbaud's circle, as well as the writer's effect on later generations -- for a short, inexpensive book on the subject this is peerless.

PERSEPTIVE INFO-CRAMMED BIOGRAPHY OF CONTROVERSIAL RIMBAUD

Benjamin Ivry's short, but informative tome is a refreshing outline on one of France's most controversial poets. Rimbaud (1854-1891) was a L'enfant terrible, writing all his major works before the age of 20! In Ivry's illuminating biography, the reader gets to understand the motivating factors behind his wrenching verse. Unlike many Rimbaud books, Ivry's book delves into the torrid, temultuous affair the young poet had with the older poet, Paul Verlaine. Their stormy affair is one of the most renowned in gay literary history. Ivry pulls no punches in his description of their near fatal relationship and through this understanding, we see where the pain and the power of his verse emanated from. He offers a fount of information on this rarely understood young artist and the demimonde of French literary society at the turn of the century. He also deconstructs many of Rimbaud's most infamous poems, so that even the novice can understand the power of his words. Stocked with rare photos and art, this wonderful little book also has an extensive bibliography!