A Season in Hell (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Rimbaud
- First Published: 1873
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Symbolist literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, God, Christianity, Hell, Jesus Christ, Devils or demons
- Locales: Europe, Hell, Paradise
Critical Evaluation:
A Season in Hell might never have been accepted into the canon of great literature if not for the earlier poems of Arthur Rimbaud. These works, which are filled with beautiful imagery and Greek myth and adhere to academically orthodox structures and meters, had established Rimbaud as a significant force in the world of poetry. The wildly experimental A Season in Hell largely disposed of meter and structure. This epic prose poem jumps, leaps, and bounds toward and away from meaning and a discernible story line as Rimbaud takes a whim or a dream...
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