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Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud , 1854-91, French poet who had a great influence on the symbolists and subsequent modern poets, b. Charleville. A defiant and precocious youth, Rimbaud at 16 sent some poems to Verlaine , who liked his work and invited him to Paris. In 1872-73 the two poets lived together in London and Brussels. In a drunken quarrel Verlaine fired a pistol, wounding Rimbaud, and their relationship ended. Rimbaud returned home and finished Une Saison en enfer (1873), a confessional autobiography in which he renounces his former hellish life and his work. At an undetermined time he produced Les Illuminations, consisting of prose poems that transcend all traditional syntax and narrative elements.
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"Arthur Rimbaud." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Arthur Rimbaud." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rimbaud.html "Arthur Rimbaud." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rimbaud.html |
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Rimbaud, Arthur
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854–91) French anarchic poet, who influenced symbolism. Rimbaud had a stormy relationship with Paul Verlaine, under whose tutelage he wrote The Drunken Boat (1871). In 1873, they separated and A Season in Hell appeared. Rimbaud abandoned poetry to travel in Europe and North Africa, returning to Paris shortly before his death. In 1866, Verlaine published Les Illuminations as the work of the late Arthur Rimbaud.
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"Rimbaud, Arthur." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rimbaud, Arthur." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RimbaudArthur.html "Rimbaud, Arthur." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RimbaudArthur.html |
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Rimbaud, Arthur
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854–91), French poet, see Symbolism.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Rimbaud, Arthur." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Rimbaud, Arthur." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-RimbaudArthur.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Rimbaud, Arthur." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-RimbaudArthur.html |
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