Rimbaud: Visions and Habitations

Rimbaud, Visions and Habitations by Edward J. Ahearn presents a comparative, thematically organized study that situates Arthur Rimbaud’s poetic production within a broad intellectual, literary, and cultural framework. Moving beyond formalist and post-structuralist approaches that have emphasized Rimbaud’s “unreadability” or radical fragmentation, Ahearn insists on a humanist reading that restores the thematic vitality of the work. He examines Rimbaud as a poet who speaks powerfully to endur...