The Modernist Bestiary - Translating Animals and the Arts through Guillaume Apollinaire Raoul Dufy and Graham Sutherland
Sarah Kay, Timothy Mathews
Publisher: UCL Press
Summary
Formulates a classic Comparative Literature topic, and offers a thorough re-evaluation of interconnected major twentieth-century artworks by French-Polish poet Guillaume Apollinaire, French artist Raoul Dufy and British artist Graham Sutherland. This re-evaluation is achieved by means of original essays by leading representatives from a wide range of critical enquiry, appealing to a wide range of readers in cultural criticism: Art History, Poetics, Musicology, Classics, Animal Studies, Medieval Studies and Translation Studies. Across its pieces, the collection engages properly with the existing scholarship, displays an ideal range of coverage, balance and structure, and strong internal coherence. It is a timely contribution to its fields, and will be required reading for scholars and advanced students for as long as there is an interest in the modern reception of ancient texts.