{"product_id":"scriptorium-melissa-range-9780807094440","title":"Scriptorium: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Poetry Series Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA collection of poems exploring religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary Appalachia--with a foreword by Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e 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 place where religious ideas are codified in writing and a place where an individual scribe might, with a sly movement of the pen, express unorthodox religious thoughts and experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to exploring the ways language is used, or abused, to claim religious authority, \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e also addresses the authority of the vernacular in various time periods and places, particularly in the Appalachian slang of the author's East Tennessee upbringing. Throughout \u003ci\u003eScriptorium\u003c\/i\u003e, the historical mingles with the personal: poems about medieval art, theology, and verse share space with poems that chronicle personal struggles with faith and doubt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Range\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807094447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807094440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2016","brand":"Melissa Range","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926286762239,"sku":"9780807094440","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_07a2ac7c-62ff-493c-9cac-8eaf800f4e9f.jpg?v=1681082230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scriptorium-melissa-range-9780807094440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}