A Season in Hell & Illuminations (Modern Library Classics)

A Season in Hell & Illuminations (Modern Library Classics)

Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason<br /><br />“The definitive translation for our time.”<br />–Edward Hirsch<br /><br />From Dante’s Inferno to Sartre’s No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud’s <b>A Season in Hell</b>–written when the poet was nineteen–provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self. <br /><br />As a companion to Rimbaud’s journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Mason’s new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaud’s tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power. <br /><br />This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbaud’s life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With <b>A Season in Hell</b>, they cement Rimbaud’s reputation as one of the foremost, and most influential, writers in French literature.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>