A Modern Bestiary - Ars Poetastrica

By Alessandro Gallenzi

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843917777
• ISBN13: 9781843917779
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.6" x 5.1"