A review by stryfe
A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud

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.