Seth Whidden

Before he had turned 21, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) upended the house of French poetry and left it in shambles. What makes Rimbaud's poetry important, argues Seth Whidden, is part of what makes his life so compelling: rebellion, audacity, creativity, and exploration. Almost all of Rimbaud's poems were written between the ages of fifteen and twenty. Against the backdrop of the...