Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. A Reading of Vertue 9
6. 2. Alternatives: The Reinvented Poem 25
7. 3. Beauty in Discovery: Emblems and Allegories 57
8. 4. Imitators and Adapters 100
9. 5. “My God, I Mean Myself”: Liturgical and Homiletic Poems 137
10. 6. Configurations and Constellations: Ethical, Discursive, and Speculative Lyrics 180
11. 7. Fruit and Order: Formal Patterns 202
12. 8. Conflicts Pictured 231
13. Notes. Index
14. Notes 279
15. Index of Titles 299
16. Index of First Lines 301