Talk : “Arthur Rimbaud and the Paris Commune of 1871″ Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R ODU 25 October 6.30pm (£2.50/£1 Concessions) Apart from being a literary prodigy, the poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) was described by Camus as “the first and greatest poet of revolt”. He tends to be viewed today as a [...]
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Talk : Rimbaud and the Paris Commune of 1871
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Le Lieu et la Formule
Posted in Social and Political Issues on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rimbaud’s prose poem Vagabonds from Les Illuminations ends with the somewhat enigmatic phrase “….moi, pressé de trouver le lieu et la formule” (‘I [ who was] in a hurry to find the place and the formula’). What place and what formula? If this piece were all one had of Arthur Rimbaud’s writings, one might well [...]
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