Starkie, Enid — Arthur Rimbaud

Faber, London, 1973. First Paperback Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780571104406 The Zaharoff Lecture for 1954. Dr. Starkie, a lecturer in French literature at Oxford, has devoted many years of research to Rimbaud. Her study, third of its kind, enriched with an impressive quantity of new research, probes the Rimbaud enigma so exhaustively that it is difficult to' imagine any further word on the subject. In her pages scholarship and lucidity combine with narrative skill to trace the odyssey of a portent who might have been invented by Dostoevsky… a book of rich texture and deep exploration of a complex self-tortured genius. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 491 pages. Small mark to front cover;. no Dust Jacket as published.. Purple titles spine. Includes appendiix. notes, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Poets; French Poets; Symbolism; 19th century; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0571104401. ISBN/EAN: 9780571104406. Inventory No: 4779.