Written to mark the centenary of Rimbaud's death in 1891, Reed's interpretation covers the crucial period in 1873 when Rimbaud was living out the writing of Une Saison en Enfer. Delirium is a book about what it means to go to the edge and risk everything. It is one poet's reading of another's heroic and subversive credo, by which imaginative truth is seen as the ultimate reality. To his exploration of Rimbaud's drug addiction, homosexuality, and violent liason with Paul Verlaine, Reed brings an enlivened understanding of Rimbaud's desire to shock the world by truth, reinvesting him with the precocity, near-madness, and vision essential to his genius. An imaginative - reconstruction of Rimbaud's life"" - TLS. ""The life of a tortured scamp who made history"" - David Hughes, Time Out. ""Has the merit of conviction"" - The Guardian.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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disappointing....,
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This review is from: Delirium: An Interpretation of Arthur Rimbaud (Paperback)
This book is certainly Reed's interpretation of Rimbaud. I found his interpretations to be a bit far reaching, and at times absurd. Reed often goes on into his own "poetic" rantings and all too often describes what he see's to be comparisons between his own life and that of Rimbaud. I had to force myself to finish this book. It was very disappointing. Any one interested in Rimbaud would do much better reading - Rimbaud- by Enid Starkie, or -Rimbaud- by Pierre Petitfils. Both are excellent.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An Unintentional Breakthrough,
This review is from: Delirium: An Interpretation of Arthur Rimbaud (Paperback)
Although this study of Rimbaud is, admittedly, a trifle self indulgent, it is, nevertheless, a poem in itself. Maybe not in the sense that the author had intended, but in terms of its unadulerated representation of the chaos that is the source of all poetry, it is a promethean breakthrough. I highly reccomend it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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rimbaud himself would have loved this book,
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This review is from: Delirium: An Interpretation of Arthur Rimbaud (Hardcover)
"delirium" is nothing less than a work of creative genius, and i personally would be reluctant to criticize it for being 'self indulgent' when reading it is the linguistic equivalent of dropping acid or shooting up. it is that intense. after you finish it you immediately want another book by reed, or at least i certainly did. the source of poetry is free subjectivity and imagination, and there are parts in this book that are truly transcendent poetically. reed is interested in rimbaud when he was the 'god of adolescence', the period in his life of total rebellion and artistic frenzy. he does a near flawless job of showing that while verlaine and his somewhat cruel and hateful companion may have had a physical and shallow emotional bond, rimbaud was far above him on the spiritual and intellectual plane. this is a necessity for any admirer of rimbaud and surrealism.
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