Arthur Rimbaud: Insulting Beauty
"As Rimbaud sought to reinvent love, he reinvented writing—and violently." A look at how an iconoclastic young writer revolutionized the poetic form. With readings by Rosanna Warren.

by Rosanna Warren

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An Arthur Rimbaud Drift
Niall McDevitt leads a poetic walk tracing the steps of the legendary Frenchman and his fellow communard/poet/homosexual/alcoholic Paul Verlaine.

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New look for the site
The site has changed, still a blue layout, but a new banner. I colorized a black and white drawing of Arthur Rimbaud by Ernest Pignon-Ernest and used the colours of the poem "Vowels". I spent a lot of time on Arthur's blue eyes. The text in transparency is coming from the poem "Genie", one of my favourites.

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"The Poem of the Sea" now on the web
Erwan Le Gal's short animated movie, released in 2004 for the 150th anniversary of Rimbaud's birth, is now available online on Dailymotion website, with English subtitles.

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Bismarck's Dream (a fantasy)
Here is a translation of Bismarck's Dream by Niall McDevitt. Many thanks to him.

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Unknown Rimbaud text found in France
An unknown work by the French 19th-century poet Arthur Rimbaud has been uncovered in a newspaper back issue in his hometown in northeastern France, a local bookseller said on Thursday.

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"Quoi? L'Eternité" DVD review
See Filmthreat.com, review by Phil Hall.
The photos gallery has been moved
I let down Coppermine to come back to 4images, my favourite gallery. I finally succeeded to integrate it to the forum. They both changed of location. Be nice to update your favorites and bookmarks.

You will find there pics of Rimbaud and Verlaine with their family, pics of the places where they lived taken by fans and movies. I also added some new pics in the Shows section.




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