Illuminations
“This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature.”—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles TimesThe modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery’s “dazzling”...
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“This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature.”—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles TimesThe modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery’s “dazzling” (The Economist) new translation, widely hailed as one of the literary events of the year. Presented with French text in parallel and a preface by its translator, Ashbery’s rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393341829 (0393341828)
Publish date: October 29th 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Poetry,
France,
French Literature,
Glbt,
Queer
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