I Promise to Be Good: The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud (Modern Library Classics)
 |
|
Описание:
One of the most written-about literary figures in the past decade, Arthur Rimbaud left few traces when he abandoned poetry at age twenty-one and disappeared into the African desert. Although the dozen biographies devoted to Rimbaud’s life depend on one main source for information—his own correspondence—a complete edition of these remarkable letters has never been published in English. Until now. A moving document of decline, Rimbaud’s letters begin with the enthusiastic artistic pronouncements of a fifteen-year-old genius, and end with the bitter what-ifs of a man whose life has slipped disastrously away. But whether soapboxing on the essence of art, or struggling under the yoke of self-imposed exile in the desert of his later years, Rimbaud was incapable of writing an uninteresting sentence. As translator and editor Wyatt Mason makes clear in his engaging Introduction, the letters reveal a Rimbaud very different from our expectations....Похожие книги
 | Perspectives on Complementary And Alternative Medicine: A Reader Автор: Arthur Rimbaud Год: 2005 |
 | Selected Poems and Letters Автор: Arthur Rimbaud Год: 2005 |
 | 1 and 2 Thessalonians Through the Centuries Автор: Anthony C. Thiselton Год: 2011 |
 | "101+ Complaint Letters That Get Results, 2E: Resolve Common Disputes Quickly and Easily" Автор: Janet Rubel Год: 2006 |
 | Essential Business Letters: 1500 Ways to Say It Right (Socrates Answers) Автор: Josh Robinson Год: 2006 |
 | The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 2 (Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis) Автор: C. S. Lewis Год: 2004 |