Le beau sacré moderne Arthur Rimbaud et les poètes de la Négritude

For the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud, what exactly is an esthetic of sacred modern beauty? From a response to this question, the article proceeds from the nineteenth century to a consideration of the twentieth century consequences of this radical concept of the sacred for the principal representatives of Negritude, Léon Gontran Damas, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Aimé Césaire, and especially their roles, according to Rimbaud’s prescription, as multipliers of progress.