{"title":"Guillaume Apollinaire","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Apollinaire’s works blend poetry and visual art with a unique modernist spirit. Readers can expect imaginative verse that explores themes of nature, love, and transformation, often presented in playful and innovative formats such as \u003cem\u003eCalligrammes\u003c\/em\u003e, where words form images on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis writings offer a rich encounter with early 20th-century arts and culture, marked by a lyrical boldness and experimentation that continue to inspire. Apollinaire’s collection invites those who appreciate poetry that transcends traditional boundaries and embraces the new.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"birds-beasts-and-a-world-made-new-by-velimir-khlebnikov-9781782279921","title":"Birds, Beasts and a World Made New","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA revelatory volume of two of the twentieth century's great poetic innovators, Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov, in vibrant new translations by Robert Chandler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov never met, but their restless innovations in poetic form shared much in common. Both pushed poetry to its limit, and their experiments proved fertile for generations of poets to come. Khlebnikov became associated with Futurism, though his inventiveness with language moved him far beyond it, while Apollinaire influenced a dizzying array of avant-garde movements, including Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated translator and poet Robert Chandler offers a stimulating selection from both poets' work in beautifully vivid new translations. Showcasing these poets' exhilarating capacity for innovation as well as their more direct, heartfelt verse, \u003ci\u003eBirds, Beasts and a World Made New\u003c\/i\u003e offers a surprising journey into the world of two great Modernist poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423839174892,"sku":"9781782279921","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781782279921.jpg?v=1774769795"},{"product_id":"calligrammes-by-guillaume-apollinaire-9780520242128","title":"Calligrammes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fully annotated bilingual edition of \u003cem\u003eCalligrammes\u003c\/em\u003e makes available a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but also in the evolution of modern French poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApollinaire—Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice—died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460529144044,"sku":"9780520242128","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520242128-calligrammes.jpg?v=1774948104"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/guillaume-apollinaire.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}