Book of Emblems, the PB: Poems

by Matthew Ladd

Winner of the fifth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize (2009).

The Book of Emblems takes its title from the devotional genre, popular throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, whose allegorical illustrations were meant to focus the mind on the divine.

Using a variety of narrative voices, a taut lyricism, and an array of images culled from the author's travels in the United States and abroad, this volume celebrates the mind's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904130437
• ISBN13: 9781904130437
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Waywiser Press
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"