Chapter 13 Intermediality in Twentieth Century Animal Poetry: Guillaume Apollinaire – Ted Hughes – Durs Grünbein
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Abstract
In the early twentieth century, the revival of the bestiary by Apollinaire and Dufy coincides with the ‘invention’ of the artists’ book in the wake of aestheticism. Throughout the century the fascination of human-animal relations is revealed by a surprising popularity of animal poetry, which is frequently chosen as subject matter by writers and artists alike. Collaboration between authors and visual artists and painters, such as that between Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin, has produced amazing art books, characterised by aesthetic complexity. The media combination allows the co-artists to focus on the animal subject from various perspectives and to enhance the intensity of human-animal encounters.