The Bestiary, 30 short poems celebrating mammals, birds, fish,
insects and the mythical poet Orpheus appeared in 1911 and was
Apollinaire's first published work. Although they appear slight,
the poems inspired the artist Raoul Dufy to illustrate each of them
with a woodcut (5 of the 30 woodcuts are reproduced in the
chapbook) and the composer Francis Poulenc to set six of them to
music. The poems - witty, ironical and full of surprising images -
show Apollinaire's mastery of short form poetry, and Martin
Sorrell's superb rhyming translation perfectly preserves the spirit
of the original. Although many individual poems from The Bestiary
have been published in translation, this chapbook is one of the
very few complete editions to appear, and with an introduction and
explanatory notes by the translator, it is a perfect introduction
to Apollinaire's poetry.
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