Emblems of Desire
Selections from the Delie of Maurice Sceve
Published on 29. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-9778576-5-4 (ISBN)
Description
A forgotten masterpiece of French poetry, Emblems of Desire is a selection of 449 love poems first published in Lyons in 1544. Full of passionate ironies and charged obscurity, Scève is considered a sixteenth-century Mallarmé. His oblique self-portraiture laid the groundwork for many contemporary poets. This edition is accompanied by fifty emblems created by the author. The illustrations and Latin mottoes contained within each emblem offer poignant, and often witty, responses to his poems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9778576-5-4 (9780977857654)
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