In the Light Of: after Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud

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Cover; Note to Reader; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Author's Note; INTRO; Vigil (from Veillées); ACT ONE; As I Roved Out (Aube); After Me (Après le Déluge); Snow (Fleurs); Cities (Villes); Seer (Mystique); Poles Apart (Métropolitain); Phases of the Moon (Phrases); Fée (Fairy); Demotic Nocturne (Nocturne vulgaire); La Bête (Bottom); Lives (Vies); INTERLUDE; Tale (Conte); ACT TWO; Invisible Cities (Les Ponts); On the Road (Enfance); What Goes Round (Ornières); Curtain Raiser (Parade); Cities (Villes); Être Belle (Being beauteous); The Twilight of History (Soir historique).;It's long since Ciaran Carson established his reputation as a masterful, protean poet and an adept, inventive translator. His versions of The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, The Táin and The Midnight Court are the yields of thrilling raids on other cultures, times and languages. The Alexandrine Plan (1988) included translations of sonnets by, among others, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891). In the Light Of flourished from his response to an invitation to translate seven of Rimbaud's prose poems. The originals of these were collected in Illuminations, most of which first appeared in 1886 in the Symbolist. Cover Note to Reader Title Page Contents Dedication Author's Note INTRO Vigil (from Veillées) ACT ONE As I Roved Out (Aube) After Me (Après le Déluge) Snow (Fleurs) Cities (Villes) Seer (Mystique) Poles Apart (Métropolitain) Phases of the Moon (Phrases) Fée (Fairy) Demotic Nocturne (Nocturne vulgaire) La Bête (Bottom) Lives (Vies) INTERLUDE Tale (Conte) ACT TWO Invisible Cities (Les Ponts) On the Road (Enfance) What Goes Round (Ornières) Curtain Raiser (Parade) Cities (Villes) Être Belle (Being beauteous) The Twilight of History (Soir historique). The Point (Promontoire)High Society (Scènes) Antic (Antique) Twenty Years A-Growing (Jeunesse) CODA Genius (Génie) Acknowledgements About the Author Also by Ciaran Carson Copyright Back Cover.