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

Gallenzi, Alessandro

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843917777 ISBN 13: 9781843917779

Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

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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Review

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

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843917777
• ISBN 13: 9781843917779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128