| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 464 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-458) and index. |
| Summary |
The life of Arthur Rimbaud, a man who gave up writing at the age of 25, remains as legendary as his poetic work. The author delivers here the first biography which, rather than dividing Rimbaud's life in two halves-as have all of his other biographers-brings out the spiritual and logical continuity underlying his 36-year-long "pursuit of desire." He makes sense of a hurried, tempestuous life and offers what should be the standard life of Rimbaud for many years to come. |
| Contents |
A Schoolboy from Charleville -- Pieces of Childhood -- The Humanities -- A Professor Named Izambard -- History -- The New Poetry -- With the "Pitiful Brother" -- In the Land of the Vilains Bonshommes -- Martyrdom, Prayers, and the Way of the Cross -- Two English "Seasons" -- Roche, the Mecca of Absence -- Fallout -- Here and Elsewhere -- The Damned One's Notebook -- A "Young Parisian" in London -- 1875: A Year in Tatters -- The Javanese -- The Flaky Traveler -- Rimbaud the African -- Aden, "A Frightful Rock" -- Harar, City of Hyenas -- The "Mind-Numbing Tasks" -- An Arms Merchant in Shoa -- From Rest in Egypt to the Return to Harar -- Suffering and Death. |
| Awards |
Winner, Grand Prix de l'Académie Française. |
| Language |
Translation of: Arthur Rimbaud : une question de presence. |
| Subject |
Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891.
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Poets, French -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891 (OCoLC)fst00035443
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Poets, French. (OCoLC)fst01067894
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Added Author |
Graham, Jon.
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| ISBN |
1566491061 |
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9781566491068 |
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