This article proposes a new reading of the first sentence of Une saison en enfer. Rimbaud applies the cliché of the banquet of life to a happier period of his existence. The rejection of Charity as "the key to the banquet of old" suggests a non-spiritual interpretation of the image. This banquet of love and drunkenness recalls the famous duet in the first act of Verdi’s opera La Traviata, adapted from La Dame aux Camélias.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-14632-2
EAN:9782406146322
ISSN: 2262-2268
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14632-2.p.0341
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 03-15-2023
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Rimbaud, Une saison en enfer, banquet of life, Verdi, La Dame aux Camélias