Revised and expanded edition of Rimbaud translations published
The 2022 revised and expanded edition of A Season in Hell and The Illuminations, with Selected Poems and Letters, by Arthur Rimbaud, has just been published.
In addition to A Season in Hell and The Illuminations, Rimbaud's two major works of prose, this new version features 33 of his best poems, including "The Drunken Boat," "The Stolen Heart," "Festivals of Patience," and "Vowels."
It also includes seven letters, among them the famous "Letters of the Seer" addressed to Georges Izambard and Paul Demeny.
The book concludes with a letter written to Ernest Delahaye containing what many critics consider to be Rimbaud's last poem: "The Barracks at Night" (also titled "Dream").
The enfant terrible of French poetry notorious for his tumultuous relationship with the older poet Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud sought "to change life." He ended up changing literature.