I enjoy "A Season in Hell" quite a bit. Any recommendations on where to go next? Other than Rimbaud's other work?
Also, general poetry recommendations thread.
>>7612785
Depends. Did you read it in French? In English translation?
In French: read Jules LaForgue, Baudelaire, and if your french is strong enough, Mallarme. You might move on to Apollinaire after that. After reading LaForgue in French you'd do best to read TS Eliot's early lyrical poetry. It's the bridge between the french symbolists and the english modernists.
>>7612801
I read a translation; my french isn't too good. Thanks for the detailed answer.
>>7612785
Read Illuminations, imo better than Season. Then you can go to a lot of poets (Jacob, Reverdy, Char, Michaux, surrealists etc.)
Laforgue imo isn't the best advice here (even though I totally love his poetry).
On Nietzsche by Georges Bataille
>>7612785
Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautreaumont. I'm currently reading this myself for the first time and it has blown me away.
>reading translation
>>7613632
>Valéry
La Jeune Parque is an absolute masterpiece, dunno how it translates though. Charmes, the collection, is also great.
>>7613458
>he pretends to speak ancient greek on the internet
>>7612785
People are saying Baudelaire in this thread- I'll expand on that and say that Paris Spleen is a very good place to start. Les Fleurs du Mal is a good place to go from there.
>>7614427
jokes on you, I studied homeric greek for 5 years
