Description
Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason "The definitive translation for our time."
-Edward Hirsch From Dante's Inferno to Sartre's No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell-written when the poet was nineteen-provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self. As a companion to Rimbaud's journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Mason's new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaud's tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power. This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbaud's life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With A Season in Hell, they cement Rimbaud's reputation as one of the foremost, and most influential, writers in French literature.
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 08/09/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.24h x 6.30w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780679643272
ISBN10: 0679643273
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Death, Grief, Loss
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
-Edward Hirsch From Dante's Inferno to Sartre's No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell-written when the poet was nineteen-provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self. As a companion to Rimbaud's journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Mason's new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaud's tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power. This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbaud's life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With A Season in Hell, they cement Rimbaud's reputation as one of the foremost, and most influential, writers in French literature.
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 08/09/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.24h x 6.30w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780679643272
ISBN10: 0679643273
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Death, Grief, Loss
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
About the Author
Wyatt Mason is a contributing editor of Harper's magazine, where his essays regularly appear. He also writes for The London Review of Books and The New Republic. The Modern Library has published his translations of the complete works of Arthur Rimbaud in two volumes. His translations of Dante's Vita Nuova and Montaigne's Essais are in progress.