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Clear and powerful in expression, Arthur Rimbaud, one of the most significant and widely read poets in France to this day, ushered in lyrical modernity with free verse and a comprehensive revolt against tradition. Among the famous symbolist triumvirate of Mallarmé, Verlaine, and Rimbaud, he was undoubtedly the most radical—one cannot think of the Surrealist movement without him. This bilingual edition offers a translation that stands out in its clarity from previous German traditions of translating Rimbaud. It includes all of Rimbaud's poems, the cycles 'Une saison en enfer' and 'Illuminations', as well as the two "Letters of the Seer" containing Rimbaud's poetic theory. Commentary, an afterword, and a timeline complete the volume.