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Arthur Rimbaud A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat (Paperback). Rimbaud originally distributed A Season In Hell to friends as a self-published booklet, and soon afterward, at the age of nineteen, quit poetry altogether. Rimbaud’s famous poem “The Drunken Boat” was subsequently added to the first paperbook printing. Further DetailsTitle: A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat Condition: New Description: New Directions is pleased to announce the relaunch of the long-celebrated bilingual edition of Rimbaud’s A Season In Hell & The Drunken Boat — a personal poem of damnation as well as a plea to be released from “the examination of his own depths.”Rimbaud originally distributed A Season In Hell to friends as a self-published booklet, and soon afterward, at the age of nineteen, quit poetry altogether. New Directions’s edition was among the first to be published in the U.S., and it quickly became a classic. Rimbaud’s famous poem “The Drunken Boat” was subsequently added to the first paperbook printing. Allen Ginsberg proclaimed Arthur Rimbaud as “the first punk” — a visionary mentor to the Beats for both his recklessness and his fiery poetry.This new edition proudly dons the original Alvin Lustig–designed cover, and a introduction by another famous rebel — and now National Book Award–winner — Patti Smith. Author: Arthur Rimbaud Contributor: Louise Varèse (Translated by), Patti Smith (Introduction by) EAN: 9780811219488 ISBN: 9780811219488 Edition: Second Edition Format: Paperback Item Height: 206mm ISBN-10: 0811219488 Genre: Poetry & Drama Country/Region of Manufacture: US Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Release Date: 10/05/2011 Item Length: 132mm Item Width: 13mm Item Weight: 125g Language: English Translator: Louise Varèse Release Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.