A Modern Bestiary - Ars Poetastrica (Hesperus Classics - Poetry) - Hardcover

9781843917779: A Modern Bestiary - Ars Poetastrica (Hesperus Classics - Poetry)

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A collection of16 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."

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Gallenzi ... turns out to be a lively, witty poet with an essential seriousness of purpose. --Acumen, September 2004

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Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with almost ten years of experience, he is a translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. His collection of poetry Modern Bestiary - Ars Poetastrica was published in 2005 to critical acclaim, followed by his novel Bestseller in 2009. He lives in Richmond with his wife and two children.

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  • PublisherHesperus Press Ltd
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 1843917777
  • ISBN 13 9781843917779
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages128

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