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Rimbaud crépusculaire
A Twilight Rimbaud

Author(s): André Guyaux
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Rimbaud; Histoire splendide; style; project; break; twilight

Summary/Abstract: In April 1874, while compiling his prose poems, Rimbaud told Jules Andrieu about his plan for a Histoire splendide, which he would publish as a serial in a newspaper and which would combine facts and legends. This final editorial initiative had the ambition of creating a unique style, which is reflected in the letter to Andrieu and can be compared to some of the poems in Illuminations and one of his last poems in verse, ‘Qu’est-ce pour nous, mon Cœur...’.

  • Issue Year: 74/2026
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 41-50
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French
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