barbz's review
3.25
The uniqueness of Rimbaud's poetry is perhaps in the perfectly eloquent characterization of the demons of youth. Every pleasure is glorious, every pain eternal, all the good is great and all the bad is the end of the world.
Rimbaud's life paints every poem he writes, the highs and the lows of his relationship with Paul Verlaine are even more evident here, a book written after Verlain shoots him at the peak of their tumultuous affair.
Rimbaud's life paints every poem he writes, the highs and the lows of his relationship with Paul Verlaine are even more evident here, a book written after Verlain shoots him at the peak of their tumultuous affair.
stryfe's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoy Rimbaud's musings on hell and what makes one worthy of entering its population. Damnation is something that is often used to fear-monger rather than be considered in its practical sense. I enjoyed quite a bit of this collection, especially the progression of his own condemnation of himself and the things he continues to choose to do in his life. I do, however, feel that his young age/childishness and his racism, as well as the racism of the time he wrote this, are both very apparent in A Season in Hell; the latter did detract from my opinion of his work.