Color Painting Collection: the Complete Prose Poems of Rimbaud

Name: Color Painting Collection: the Complete Prose Poems of Rimbaud
Author: [French] Written by Rimbaud, Translated by Wang Daoqian

彩画集：兰波散文诗全集

by [French] Written by Rimbaud, Translated by Wang Daoqian ([法]兰波著,王道乾译)

Status: Completed
Length: 94k Words
Updated: 4y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

From the age of sixteen until his last breath, Rimbaud seemed to be in a state of restlessness and anxious search. Why did he give up writing traditional forms of poetry and instead devote himself to prose poetry? This is obviously related to the changes in poetic style in Paris after Baudelaire published his famous prose poem. Rimbaud believed that poets must become "psychics" and "incomparably noble and erudite scientists", "disrupt all senses and consciousness through a long-term, extensive and reasoning process", and through the so-called "alchemy of speech", seek a language that "synthesizes fragrance, sound, color, summarizes everything, can connect thoughts with thoughts, and lead to thoughts" and "make the heart and mind echo and communicate", in order to achieve the "unknowable". This "unknowable" is not some metaphysical object, but is sometimes related to the future "social love" mentioned in his poems, or is some kind of ideal. All of the above can be said to be Rimbaud's symbolism. This book includes all the prose poems of Rimbaud, the talented French poet and master of symbolism, including "A Season in Hell" and "Collection of Color Paintings". It is also accompanied by two famous "Letters of a Psychic" and comments by French structuralist theorist Tsvetan Todorov and others. Although "A Season in Hell" and "Collection of Paintings" are unique in form and have mysterious meanings, they show the poet's new poetics and exploration of creation after the change in poetic style in Paris. The work reveals the French life style at the end of the 19th century and echoes the cultural traditions of that time. The lines echo the poet's challenge to himself and the world.

Reader comments

Particularly good writing... Crazy and passionate, disrupting and kneading all the senses together to form a unique and delicious style (inexplicably it feels like it should be described as delicious). The color tension is very strong, like an oil painting splashed on the canvas in one breath, bold and passionate. The symbolic meaning of overlapping images conveys Rimbaud's unique thoughts and insights. In other words, it is completely different from the common overlapping of images in poetry. His works have depth. However, it is precisely because of the uniqueness of his writing style that his works are dyed with abstract qualities, so some people will like it very much and some people may not like it...
35 likes1y ago
This book is very good! I particularly like Rimbaud's discussion of psychics and poets in the book. He believes that poets must disrupt all sensory consciousness and find a language that can connect thoughts. This is really enlightening. It reminded me of the telepathy I have with my girlfriend, where we can always feel what the other is thinking at certain moments. Moreover, many contents in the book reflected the life style of France at that time, which gave me a deeper understanding of that era. In short, this book gave me new thoughts about poetry and life.
18 likes2y ago
I personally like the article "Dawn" written by the poet Rimbaud. I really, really like the first sentence - "I embraced the summer dawn"
13 likes1y ago
Like a disorderly canvas after all the paint has been spilled, the chaos is filled with order. Under the abstract shell are hidden thoughts. I feel that the evaluation of this book should be very different. Some people can see his struggle, while others may be confused when reading it. In short, there is no doubt that it is a masterpiece.
5 likes6mo ago
Rhapsody, bohemian
2 likes1y ago
Is he expressing a parallel relationship or a transitional relationship? Am I saying that the loneliness of the night and the burning of the day are extreme conditions that coexist, or is it because the loneliness of the night requires the burning of the day?
11mo ago

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