Author: Arthur Rimbaud

Cited by

• Sheri Joseph (1)
  • IN: Bear Me Safely Over (2002) Fiction, Homosexuality, American
    EPIGRAPH: The reasonable hymn of angels rises from the ship of salvation: it is divine love. -- Two loves! I can die of earthly love, die of devoutness. I have left souls behind whose grief will grow at my departure. You choose me from among the shipwrecked; those who remain, are they not my friends? Save them!
    FROM: A Season in Hell, (1873), Poem, France
• Uzodinma Iweala (1)
  • IN: Beasts of No Nation (2005) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Je parvins à faire s'évanouir dans mon esprit toute I'espérance humaine. Sur toute joie, pour l'étrangler, j'ai fait le bond sourd de la béte féroce. (I was able to expel from my mind all human hope. On every form of joy, in order to stangle it, I pounced steathily like a wild animal.
    FROM: Une Saison en Enfer, (1873), Poem, France
• Julian Barnes (1)
  • IN: metroland (1980) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu.
    FROM: Vowels, (1883), Poem, France
• Meagan Brothers (1)
  • IN: Supergirl Mixtapes (2012) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And in weird shadows rhyming, plucked like lyres The laces of my matyred shoes, One foot against my heart.
    FROM: My Bohemian Life, (1889), Poem, France
• Jennifer Banash (1)
  • IN: White Lines (2013) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast must I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies must I maintain? In whose blood tread?
    FROM: A Season in Hell, (1873), NULL, France
• Elizabeth Hand (1)
  • IN: Radiant Days (2012) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: My eternal soul Seize your desire Despite the night And the day on fire.
    FROM: A Season in Hell, (1873), Poem, France
• Giorgio Bassani (1)
  • IN: The Heron (1968) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Elle est retrowee. Quoi? L'eternite.
    FROM: "L'eternite", (1872), Poem, France
• Jamie James (1)
  • IN: Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Only I have the key to this savage parade.
    FROM: Parade, (1886), Poem, France
• Victor Del Arbol (1)
  • IN: The Heart Tastes Bitter (2013) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: The only possible radical experience you can count on is death.
    FROM: The Beauty of the Devil, (2009), NULL, France
• Larry (editor) McCaffery (1)
  • IN: After Yesterday's Crash (1995) Fiction, Anthology, American
    EPIGRAPH: Unfold strange flowers And electric butterflies!
    FROM: Remarks to a Poet on the Subject of Flowers, (None), Conversation, France
• de Fombelle, Timothée (1)
  • IN: Vango: Between Sky and Earth (1997) Fiction, French
    EPIGRAPH: I have hung ropes from steeple to steeple, garlands from window to window, golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
    FROM: "Drunken Boat", (1883), Poem, France
• Bruce Duffy (1)
  • IN: Disaster God (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I called to my executioners to let me bite the ends of their guns as I died. I called to all plagues to stifle me with sand and blood. Disaster was my god.
    FROM: A Season in Hell, (1873), Poem, France
• Martha Grimes (1)
  • IN: The Old Contemptibles (1996) Fiction, Mystery Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Je serais bien l'enfant abandonné sur la jetée partie à la haute mer, le petit valet suivant l'allée dont le front touche le ciel.
    FROM: Enfance IV, (1886), Poem, France