Illuminations

Illuminations

by Arthur Rimbaud

Illuminations include some autobiographical allusions to his voyant (visionary) period, which began in 1869; but Illuminations is neither a confession nor an apology. Its several dozen short prose works and two free-verse poems transcend prose grammar by allowing their words to drift away from their dictionary definitions. Ever-elusive, relentless, overflowing with sinuous cadences, Illuminations transcends Une Saison en Enfer as it in turn had transcended Rimbaud's early verses. Some scholars even propose that some of the Illuminations may have been written after Une Saison, which supposedly marked his farewell to literature. (From Wikipedia)

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Poetry Philosophy Essays

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Dream Language Symbolism Light Darkness Mysticism French Literature Surrealism Existentialism Reality Modernism Visionary Free verse Experimental Autobiographical Rimbaud Avant-Garde Prose Poetry Allusions Voyant Illuminations Abstraction

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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes, and his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he started w...

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