Rimbaud - A Biography (Paperback)

"Superb...the single best work to read about this haunting and haunted poet."—Richard Howard, New York Times Book Review

Unknown beyond the avant-garde at the time of his death, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) has been one of the most destructive and liberating influences on twentieth-century culture. During his lifetime he was a bourgeois-baiting visionary, and the list of his known crimes is longer than the list of his published poems. But his posthumous career is even more astonishing: saint to symbolists and surrealists; poster child for anarchy and drug use; gay pioneer; a major influence on artists from Picasso to Bob Dylan. 16 pages of b/w illustrations.

"A marvelous biography....Robb elevates himself into the Hilary Spurling class."—Observer

"Robb's is a powerfully revisionist Rimbaud, written with exhilarating lucidity and historical acumen."—Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph

"Wit, elegance and thoroughness characterize this book...[a] fine new critical biography."—John Simon, Washington Post, 26 November 2000

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	December 2001
Authors:	Graham Robb
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	588
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32267-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-393-32267-X
Barcode:	9780393322675

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