{"product_id":"the-bestiary-or-procession-of-guillaume-apollinaire-9781421400075","title":"The Bestiary, or Procession of Orpheus","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Place, Large Not-for-Profit Publisher, Typographic Text, 2011 Washington Book Publishers Design and Effectiveness Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Apollinaire's first book of poems has charmed readers with its brief celebrations of animals, birds, fish, insects, and the mythical poet Orpheus since it was first published in 1911. Though Apollinaire would go on to longer and more ambitious work, his \u003ci\u003eBestiary\u003c\/i\u003e reveals key elements of his later poetry, among them surprising images, wit, formal mastery, and wry irony. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX. J. Kennedy's fresh translation follows Apollinaire in casting the poems into rhymed stanzas, suggesting music and sudden closures while remaining faithful to their sense. Kennedy provides the English alongside the original French, inviting readers to compare the two and appreciate the fidelity of the former to the latter. He includes a critical and historical essay that relates the \u003ci\u003eBestiary\u003c\/i\u003e to its sources in medieval \"creature books,\" provides a brief biography and summation of the troubled circumstances surrounding the book's initial publication, and places the poems in the context of Apollinaire's work as a poet and as a champion of avant garde art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short introduction to the work of an essentially modern writer includes four curious poems apparently suppressed from the first edition and reprints of the Raoul Dufy woodcuts published in the 1911 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guillaume Apollinaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421400073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421400075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.62w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 189","brand":"Guillaume Apollinaire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934795137279,"sku":"9781421400075","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b4da0d1-8f3f-4ad7-9478-1320d62fcbb2.jpg?v=1681416093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bestiary-or-procession-of-guillaume-apollinaire-9781421400075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}