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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), the marvelous boy-poet of French literature, established in a few short years his reputation for hallucinative verbal creation, only to give up poetry at the a...
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It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of Arthur Rimbaud's poetry on subsequent practitioners of the genre. His impact on the Surrealist movement has been widely acknowledged, and a host ...
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In the following essay, Lawler discusses the critical controversy surrounding Rimbaud's composition of “Morning of Intoxication,” possibly while under the influence of hashish.
A ...
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In the following essay, Little examines formal patterns and the use of visual metaphors in Rimbaud's prose poetry.
Once it was clearly established, in the course of the nineteenth century, that...
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In the following excerpt, Thum discusses references to the city in Une Saison en enfer.
In Une Saison en enfer, probably Rimbaud's last work but for a few scattered poems of Les Illuminations, ...
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In the following essay, Duvick examines Rimbaud's representations of woman as a link to nature and as the vehicle for poetic creation.
Those critics who have considered the role or roles played...
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In the following essay, Macklin positions Rimbaud's preoccupation with the grotesque within the context of the nineteenth-century's similar fascination, also apparent in the work of Vict...
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In the following essay, Merkin discusses Rimbaud's enduring influence on such modern artists as Jack Kerouac, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan.
Sometimes it seems as if anyone who has ever aspired t...
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In the following essay, Lee argues, through a reading of “Qu'est-ce pour nous, mon coeur” (“What, For Us, My Heart”), that Rimbaud revolted against the bourgeoisie a...
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In the following essay, Ferguson studies references to Africans in Rimbaud's work, finding that the poet's attitudes toward Black people, slavery, and colonialism were ambivalent.
The pu...
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In the following essay, Ross examines Rimbaud's resistance to the bourgeois work ethic in his life and in his writings.
The origin of the Commune dates back in effect to the time of Genesis, to...
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In the following essay, de Dobay Rifelj discusses Rimbaud's innovations in reproducing the speech of the lower classes and in combining formal poetic language with vulgar and vernacular terms.
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In the following essay, Riffaterre contends that deciphering symbols in Rimbaud's poetry has been hampered by undue attention to incidents in the poet's life, The critic instead bases hi...
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In the following essay, Simon discusses Rimbaud's contributions to modern poetry and examines his influence on other writers.
Arthur Rimbaud was the begetter of modern poetry. For it to come to...
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In the following essay, Israel-Pelletier explores the nature of representation in Rimbaud's verse and its connections with Impressionist art.
There exist in Rimbaud criticism two very different...
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In the following essay, Bishop provides an overview of Rimbaud's poetry and aesthetic theories.
Thirty-seven years after his birth in Charleville, on 20 October 1854, the man behind the myth we...
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In the following essay, Aboulaffia contends that Rimbaud rejected the notion of “pure poetry” as an art form aimed at elite readers.
Arthur Rimbaud's first act of aesthetic revolt...
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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud
(Jean) (Nicolas) Arthur Rimbaud
Critical Essay by James Lawler
