https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n02/michael-wood/i-want-to-be-queen Created Fri, 06/01/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 06/01/2023 - 00:00 Who or what was Rimbaud? What is the relation of a historical person to a work that scarcely ever seems straight – that seeks to ‘strain meaning to the very limits’? Can history live by metaphors alone?