R J Dent

Tom Bowden's review of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press: thebookbeat.com/backroom/2026/…

Writing the introduction to my forthcoming book on Gilles de Rais at a hotel in Sorrento.

Vesuvius, from Sorrento.

Published today by Incunabula: my English translation of Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell, Illuminations, and The Drunken Boat. incunabulamedia.com/new-titles

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Cover reveal: available in April from Incunabula. Cover design by D M Mitchell. The front cover includes an image of 'Die Hand der Philosophen' by the Flemish alchemist Johann Isaac Hollandus.

‘Removal of the Mask’ by Jennifer Allan, used for the front cover of my book-length study of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickinso…

Rene Magritte's La Gâcheuse, is the cover image for Sade: Sex and Death, which included Apollinaire's The Divine Marquis, a revised translation of which now appears in Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: rjdent.com/stories-tales-…

Cover art: the woodcut used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Bridges. ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3 Language: English Format: Paperback Pages 180 Publisher: Incunabula Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/bridges-the/

A big thank you to instagram.com/thewordasbait for checking out my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: rjdent.com/stories-tales-… Book details: contramundumpress.com/stories-tales-…

@ThereseTaylor12 Thank you. I'll repost.

@RJDent Is thewordasbait a blog? Your book looks great. That link to the publisher is down.

A detail from Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, used for the cover image of my English translation of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus. ISBN (paperback): 978-1-906451-53-0 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-906451-54-7 Pages: 112 Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/alcaeus-poems-…

Celebrating World Book Day with an image of the 43 books I've either written, translated or contributed to.

The Chimera - a detail from the side of an Attic Siana cup (ca 560-550 B.C.) exhibited in Musée du Louvre, Paris, used as the cover image for my novel. Myth, published by Pegasus Press. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/myth/

OPTOPHONE (1924) by Francis Picabia, used as the cover illustration for my English translation of André Breton's Soluble Fish, the first English translation of Soluble Fish, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/soluble-fish/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

Max Ernst's collage, used for the front cover of my English translation of Misfortunes of the Immortals by Paul Éluard and Max Ernst, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/misfortunes-of…

A photo of 'Orcus Mouth' in Parco dei Mostri, Bomarzo, in Northern Lazio, Italy, used on the cover of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Some Thoughts on the Novel, published by Oneiros Books. Book details and purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

A detail from the original art used for the front cover of Screaming at the Window. The tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers Author: R J Dent ISBN: 979-8-9865233-9-2 Cover Art: Symbolic Study (1893) Edvard Munch Genre: True Crime kernpunktpress.com/store/p42/scre…

The original art used on the cover of The Surrealist Manifesto by Andre Breton, published by Incunabula. Translator: R J Dent ISBN: 978-1-4452-4380-1 Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition) Format: Paperback Pages: 64 Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1