Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters
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The enfant terrible of French letters, Jean-Nicholas-Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) was a defiant and precocious youth who wrote some of the most remarkable prose and poetry of the nineteenth century, all before leaving the world of verse by the age of twenty-one. More than a century after his death, the young rebel-poet continues to appeal to modern readers as much for his turbulent life as for his poetry; his stormy affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine and his nomadic adventures in eastern Africa are as iconic as his hallucinatory poems and symbolist prose. The first translation of the poet's complete works when it was published in 1966, Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters introduced a new generation of Americans to the alienated genius—among them the Doors's lead singer Jim Morrison, who wrote to translator Wallace Fowlie to thank him for rendering the poems accessible to those who "don't read French that easily." Forty years later, the book remains the only side-by-side bilingual edition of Rimbaud's complete poetic works. Thoroughly revising Fowlie's edition, Seth Whidden has made changes on virtually every page, correcting errors, reordering poems, adding previously omitted versions of poems and some letters, and updating the text to reflect current scholarship; left in place are Fowlie's literal and respectful translations of Rimbaud's complex and nontraditional verse. Whidden also provides a foreword that considers the heritage of Fowlie's edition and adds a bibliography that acknowledges relevant books that have appeared since the original publication. On its fortieth anniversary, Rimbaud remains the most authoritative—and now, completely up-to-date—edition of the young master's entire poetic ouvre.
List of Illustrations Foreword (2005) by Seth Whidden Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography (a partial listing of works published since 1966) Introduction (1966) by Wallace Fowlie Poésies / Poetry 1869 / 1869 Les étrennes des orphelins / The Orphans' Gifts (New Year's) 1870 / 1870 Sensation / Sensation Soleil et chair / Sun and Flesh Ophélie / Ophelia Venus Anadyomène / Venus Anadyomene Première soirée / The First Evening Les reparties de Nina / Nina's Replies "Morts de Quatre-vingt-douze [. . .]" / "Dead of '92 [. . .]" Les effarés / The Frightened Ones Roman / Novel Rêvé pour l'hiver / A Dream for Winter Le buffet / The Cupboard L'éclatante victoire de Sarrebrück / The Dazzling Victory of Sarrebruck Le maline / The Sly Girl Au Cabaret-Vert / At the Cabaret-Vert Le dormeur du val / The Sleeper in the Valley À la musique / To Music Bal des pendus / Dance of the Hanged Men Le châtiment de Tartufe / Tartufe's Punishment Le forgeron / The Blacksmith Ma bohème (Fantaisie) / My Bohemian Life (Fantasy) Le mal / Evil Rages de Césars / Caesars' Rages Poèmes datés de 1871 - début 1872 ou dans des lettres de mai ou juin 1871 / Poems dated 1871 - early 1872 or in letters from May or June 1871 Le coeur volé / The Stolen Heart Chant de guerre parisien / Parisian War Song Mes petitesamoureuses / My Little Lovers Accroupissements / Squattings Les poètes de sept ans / Seven-year-old Poets L'orgie parisienne ou Paris se repeuple / Parisian Orgy or Paris is Repopulated Les pauvres À l'église / The Poor in Church Les soeurs de charité / Sisters of Charity L'homme juste / The Just Man Les premières Communions / First Communions Ce qu'on dit au Poète À propos de fleurs / What is Said to the Poet Concerning Flowers Les mains de Jeanne-Marie / The Hands of Jeanne-Marie Poèmes non datés (fin 1870 - début 1872?) / Undated poems (late 1870 - early 1872?) Les assis / The Sedated Men Le bateau ivre / The Drunken Boat Les chercheuses de poux / The Seekers of Lice Les douaniers / The Customs Men "L'étoile a pleuré rose [. . .]" / "The star wept rose-colored [. . .]" Oraison du soir / Evening Prayer Tête de faune / Faun's Head Voyelles / Vowels Album zutique (fin 1871 - début 1872?) / Album called "zutique" (end 1871 - 1872?) Sonnet du trou du cul / Sonnet to an Asshole Lys / Lily Vu À Rome / Seen in Rome Fête galante / Love Feast "J'occupais un wagon de troisième [. . .]" / "I occupied a third-class carriage [. . .]" "Je préfère sans doute [. . .]" / "Doubtless I prefer [. . .]" "L'Humanité chaussait [. . .]" / "Humanity was putting shoes on [. . .]" Conneries / Nasty Jokes Jeune goinfre / Young Glutton Paris / Paris Cocher ivre / Drunken Coachman Vieux de la vieille! / The Old Man of the Old Woman! état de siège? / State of Siege? Le balai / The Brush Exil / Exile L'angelot maudit / The Outcast Cherub "Mais enfin, c' [. . .]" / "But finally, th [. . .]" "Les soirs d'été [. . .]" / "Summer evenings [. . .]" Bouts-rimés / Rhymed endings "Aux livres de cchevvet [. . .]" / "To the bedside books [. . .]" Hypotyposes saturniennes, ex Belmontet / Saturnian Hypotyposes, taken from Belmontet Les remembrances du vieillard idiot / Memories of the Simple-minded Old Man Ressouvenir / Remembrance D'autres poèmes de la période dite "zutique" (1871-1872?) / Other poems from the period called "zutique" (1871-1872?) "Nos fesses ne sont pas les leurs [. . .]" / "Our backsides are not theirs are not theirs [. . .]" "Les anciens animaux [. . .]" / "Ancient animals [. . .]" Vers pour les lieux / Verses for Such Places "De ce siège si mal tourné [. . .]" / "Of this seat so poorly made [. . .]" "Quand le fameux Tropmann [. . .]" / "When the famous Tropmann [. . .]" Poèmes datés de, transcritts ou publiés en 1872 / Poems dated, transcribed, or published in 1872 Comédie de la soif / Comedy of Thirst Bonne pensée du matin / A Good Thought in the Morning La rivière de Cassis / The Cassis River Larme / Tear Patience / Patience Chanson de la plus haute tour / Song of the Highest Tower L'éternité / Eternity âge d'or / Golden Age Jeune ménage / Young Couple "Est-elle almée? [. . .]" / "Is she an almeh? [. . .]" Fêtes de la fa
