A Modern Bestiary Ars Poetastrica |
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| Author:
| Gallenzi, Alessandro |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84391-777-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Alma Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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A collection of 16 sonnets about humans who are transformed into beasts (both real and imaginary), and vice versa,
A Modern Bestiary is a new interpretation of the old bestiary tradition, which has fascinated generations of readers and writers alike, from the Middle Ages through to the Modern Age. A fierce invective against modern poetasters and bad poetry in general,
Ars Poetastrica does not pretend to be a collection of precepts on good writing, but...
More Description A collection of 16 sonnets about humans who are transformed into beasts (both real and imaginary), and vice versa, A Modern Bestiary is a new interpretation of the old bestiary tradition, which has fascinated generations of readers and writers alike, from the Middle Ages through to the Modern Age. A fierce invective against modern poetasters and bad poetry in general, Ars Poetastrica does not pretend to be a collection of precepts on good writing, but rather an impassioned exhortation towards a new Humanism in poetry. Alessandro Gallenzi lives and works in London, where he runs Hesperus Press, a small independent publisher devoted to the rediscovery of lesser-known works by the greatest European and American authors.