Scriptorium: Poems

by Melissa Range

Book Overview

National Poetry Series Winner

A collection of poems exploring religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary Appalachia--with a foreword by Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

The poems in Scriptorium are primarily concerned with questions of religious authority. The medieval scriptorium, the central image of the collection, stands for that authority but also for its subversion; it is both a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807094447
• ISBN13: 9780807094440
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"