Rimbaud: A Biography
by Graham Robb
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Author: Graham RobbEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2000-09-30
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 544
Book Reviews of Rimbaud: A Biography
Book Review: Undisciplined and patronizing
Summary: 2 Stars
I found this book impossible to read.
I had hoped to find a substantive biographical narrative.
Instead I found an undisciplined, distracted and patronizing melange.
There are two problems here.
First, the author constantly changes voices. One voice is the biographical narrative. The second is gratuitous English 101 literary criticism. The third voice is even more intrusive, a psychological analysis that is apparently based on the author's politics, prejudices and enthusiasms.
The second problem is this.
When assuming the latter two voices, in particular, the text is shaded when not overwhelmed by the author's perceptions and opinions.
As a result this is neither biography nor history.
It's a personal assessment, a critique and a memoir.
I'm still looking for a good bio of Rimbaud.
Anybody know of one?
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