Season in Hell and Iluminations

Author(s): Arthur Rimbaud; Wyatt Mason (Translator; Editor)

Poetry

Rimbaud's essential prose masterpiece in Wyatt Mason's now definitive translation. "A Season in Hell" ranks with the greatest works of prose or poetry by anyone. It towers over all the rest of Rimbaud's work - it is his magnum opus, a work of visionary sensibility that continues to influence generations of readers. Now in Wyatt Mason's splendid translation, "A Season in Hell" appears with Rimbaud's other signature prose work, "The Illuminations", in a compact, bilingual edition that will find favor with students and Rimbaudians alike.


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"'Exceptional....gloriously revealing. It is a monumental achievement....A book to treasure' - Scotland on Sunday"

Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891) composed nearly all of his work in his teens, before disappearing into the African desert. His work represents one of the most powerful and enduring bodies of poetic expression ever created.

General Fields

  • : 9780679643272
  • : Random House USA Inc
  • : Random House Inc
  • : 0.2
  • : January 2005
  • : 202mm X 132mm X 14mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Arthur Rimbaud; Wyatt Mason (Translator; Editor)
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 841.8
  • : very good
  • : 198
  • : illustrations