Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition

I really don't understand any of the negative reviews on this page. Fowlie's translations are considered some of the best, even by scholars, and yes, this is the version that has inspired many other artists, actors, musicians, poets, and so forth. Fowlie's introduction is fitting and his inclusion of selected letters gives us an insightful look into the very language of Rimbaud.This is why I wanted to learn French. This keeps me learning French, and Rimbauds poems are absolutely stunning. If you want a good introduction to Rimbaud, select this volume of translations and then read Enid Starkie's wonderful biography of Rimbaud. Keep in mind this simple philosophy: the search for truth, history, and art is sometimes elusive and beyond our grasp. Rimbaud, to a certain extent, is always going to be elusive to the modern reader, and certainly personal and controversial for many reasons. However don't let this elusiveness stop you from buying this wonderful book.

Well organized. It is very helpful having the original French on one side for those of us who speak enough French but not quite fluently yet.

I discovered in skimming this book that I don't really like Rimbaud. But it is probably a good book for those who like him.

Great compilation of his poems.

If you want the complete works of Rimbaud in French this is your book. Great translation also!

Can’t recommend this highly enough.

A great collection .. It is comprehensive and contains the French verses along side the English translations.

Arthur Rimbaud is my favorite poet and this edition is a definitive one to say the least. Wallace Fowlie is the preeminent Rimbaud scholar, and aside from Josh Ashbery's translation of Illuminations, you would be hard-pressed to find a sweeter collection of Rimbaud's work.

Absolutely a worthy buy in splendid translation of Wallace Fowlie

Beautiful images are painted in your mind in just the right colours and exact shades using spoken words as the artist’s paint brush

Complete works with original on the left.