Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud, John Ashbery. The 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.

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393341828
ISBN-139780393341829
eBay Product ID (ePID)114197619

Product Key Features

Book TitleIlluminations
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEuropean / General
Publication Year2012
GenrePoetry
AuthorArthur Rimbaud
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width7.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
ReviewsMeticulously faithful yet nimbly inventive...We are fortunate that John Ashbery has...brought to it such care and imaginative resourcefulness., Rimbaud's epoch-making poems come through in all their bizarre originality, their brusque, unsettling freshness., This is a landscapenot only of the imagination, but of an imagination that is still affecting usprofoundly., Lorca is such a virtuoso of the theatre that he can use and control all its resources to present his poetic vision., This is a landscape not only of the imagination, but of an imagination that is still affecting us profoundly., Meticulously faithfulyet nimbly inventive. . . . We are fortunate that John Ashbery has . . .brought to it such care and imaginative resourcefulness., Meticulously faithful yet nimbly inventive. . . . We are fortunate that John Ashbery has . . . brought to it such care and imaginative resourcefulness., Rimbaud'sepoch-making poems come through in all their bizarre originality, theirbrusque, unsettling freshness.
Dewey Decimal841/.8
SynopsisThe 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", "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 Times The 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, "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 Times, The 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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