Arthur Rimbaud et le mythe de l’apocalypse
Arthur Rimbaud and the myth of apocalypse

Summary/Abstract: The fall of the nineteenth century resurrects one of the most ancient and powerful myths in human imaginary: the end of the world. Political and military struggles, social and cultural metamorphoses, technical and scientific progress disrupt common representations, melting enthusiasm and anxiety. Artists echo this apocalyptic feeling. Arthur Rimbaud is one of them: from his first poems to Illuminations, the end of the world feeds his work linking collective and private anguishes.

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