A Season in Hell & Illuminations (Modern Library Classics)

ISBN: 0679643273

Author: Rimbaud, Arthur

Condition: New

Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt MasonThe definitive translation for our time.-Edward HirschFrom Dantes Inferno to Sartres No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbauds A Season in Hell-written when the poet was nineteen-provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self.As a companion to Rimbauds journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Masons new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbauds tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power.This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbauds life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With A Season in Hell, they cement Rimbauds reputation as one of the foremost, and most influential, writers in French literature.