Miraculum Monstrum (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597096072)

Miraculum Monstrum is an epic hybrid narrative about Tristia Vogel, a female artist who experiences a radical physical transformation, beginning with the excrescence of apparent wings. Though she is possibly an anomalous mutation resulting from worldwide ecological upheaval, the bird/woman is co-opted by a religious cult that claims to have prophesied her experience; she is thus written as the central figure of their scriptural text. The fragmentary poem that is Miraculum Monstrum, which bears the same name as the fictitious codex quoted throughout, is presented within a catalog for an exhibit of visual artifacts and writings that chronicle this speculative history. The exhibition curator persona performs a duel function as narrative voice within the poem and critical commentator on the exhibit.

Author: Kathline Carr
ISBN-10: 1597096075
ISBN-13: 9781597096072
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2017
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.30d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 09/26/2017