Collected Poems by Arthur Rimbaud

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OX002

Parallel texts enable you to read through the text and check on any words or phrases that you might not have quite understood. These books are a great tool for language learners!

  • Poems are good for short, concerted bursts of learning
  • Full translation in English
  • Notes on certain sections
  • Read some great works of literature while also learning a language
  • Ideal for intermediate learners

Product Description

"Rimbaud, the poet of revolt, and the greatest" Albert Camus

Rimbaud is the enfant terrible of French literature, the precocious genius whose extraordinary poetry is revolutionary in its visionary, hallucinatory content and its often liberated forms. He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21, after which he turned his back on family, friends, and France to roam the world. In his final years he was a trader in the Horn of Africa. Out of the brief, colourful life and the poetry of sensory wildness has been created the myth of Rimbaud, an enduring icon of youth, rebellion, and freedom. But behind the myth lies a poetic adventure of high ambition and painful rigour, poignant yet heroic. Rimbaud is one of the greatest French poets of all times.

This bilingual edition provides all of Rimbaud's poems, with the exception of his Latin verses and some small fragments. It also includes some of his prose pieces, chosen because they offer a commentary on his poetic concerns.

  • Language

    French

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Book Binding

    Paperback

  • Book Format

    Parallel Text

  • Book Genre

    Poetry

  • Book ISBN

    9780199538959

  • Book Page Count

    344

  • Book Publisher

    OUP

  • Catalogue Ref

    OX002-1

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