PRESENTS
FETISH BOOK CLUB
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
THIS MONTH'S SELECTION
A SEASON IN HELL:
ARTHUR RIMBAUD
OCTOBER 20TH
1PM
$15 COVER
TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE
1421 LAVETA TERRACE
ECHO PARK CA 90026
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A SEASON IN HELL
is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer
It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself.
The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, including the Surrealists.
Arthur Rimbaud
20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891)
French poet known for his influence on modern literature and arts, which prefigured surrealism.
Born in Charleville-Mézières, he started writing at a very young age and excelled as a student, but abandoned his formal education in his teenage years to run away from home to Paris amidst the Franco-Prussian War. During his late adolescence and early adulthood he began the bulk of his literary output, then completely stopped writing at the age of 21, after assembling one of his major works, Illuminations.
Rimbaud was known to have been a libertine and a restless soul, having engaged in an at-times-violent romantic relationship with fellow poet Paul Verlaine, which lasted nearly two years.
As a poet, Rimbaud is well known for his contributions to Symbolism and, among other works,
for A Season in Hell, a precursor to modernist literature.
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