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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A story inspired by the life of the late-nineteenth-century poet traces his explosive entry into the Paris literary scene, his passionate affair with an older married poet who shot him when he tried to end the relationship, and his later prosperity as a trader and arms dealer.
10) Rimbaud
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
Biography, explication, and criticism.
15) Rimbaud
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the French poet also delves into Rimbaud's lives outside of literature, including his stints as an explorer, mercenary gun runner, and friend to slave traders.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
"The truth of the matter is that Louis Untermeyer was a better editor and appreciator of poetry than a writer of it. This volume has a few good poems but the reader ends up slogging through a lot of poor ones to find them."--Goodreads
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
Français
Description
This is the first novel by French writer-philosopher Albert Camus. The existentialist topic of the book is the "will to happiness," the conscious creation of one's happiness, and the need of time (and money) to do so. It draws on memories of the author including his job at the maritime commission in Algiers, his suffering from tuberculosis, and his travels in Europe
