The Book of Emblems (Paperback)

Matthew Ladd

ISBN 10: 1904130437 / ISBN 13: 9781904130437

Published by The Waywiser Press, Chipping Norton, 2010

About this Item

Paperback. 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 aspiration to a deeper understanding of its own mysteries: the literary and visual arts, sexuality, familial love, and the dark, connective wonder of death.The collection was recently awarded the fifth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize (2009).Matthew Ladd was born in Los Angeles and raised in Texas. After completing his undergraduate work in West Texas, he read for the MPhil in Divinity at Cambridge, submitting a Master's thesis on Kierkegaard and German Idealism. In 2006 he received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Florida. His poems have appeared in such journals as the Paris Review, Yale Review, Virginia Quarterly and Antioch Review. He has also written criticism for the American Scholar, The Humanist and the Threepenny Review, among other publications, and he writes an annual poetry review for West Branch, the literary journal of Bucknell University. He currently lives in New York. 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 imageries culled from the author's travels in the United States and abroad, The Book of Emble Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Emblems (Paperback)
• Publisher: The Waywiser Press, Chipping Norton
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904130437
• ISBN 13: 9781904130437
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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 imageries culled from the author's travels in the United States and abroad, The Book of Emblems celebrates the mind's aspiration to a deeper understanding of its own mysteries: the literary and visual arts, sexuality, familial love, and the dark, connective wonder of death. Matthew Ladd was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Texas Panhandle. His poems have appeared in such journals as the Paris Review, Yale Review, Virginia Quarterly, and Antioch Review. He currently lives in New York. ""I have found T.S. Eliot's love-grandchild.Ladd's poetry is well crafted and precise""--New Poetry ""The Book of Emblems is a grade-A poetry collection""--The Midwest Book Review ""`The Book of Emblems' . is a collection with substance, one that is well-worth the read.""-NewPages Book Reviews

Review

'The Book of Emblems' is a collection with substance, one that is well-worth the read. -- NewPages Book Reviews "NewPages Book Reviews"