The Emblem is impressively broad in scope and is sure to become the standard introductory guide to the genre. Times Higher Education This book is a magisterial performance, sure to be in demand as an introduction to the emblem for general readers, as well as having much to say to emblem specialists -- Alastair Fowler One of the most challenging and significant re-evaluations of the emblem to have appeared in recent years. Society for Emblem Studies Newsletter One of the most provocative and substantial books on literary criticism and art to appear in a long time Seventeenth-Century News An excellent introduction to the emblem in what is one of the few general treatments of the subject in English Library Journal Fascinating and enthralling ... it will long be regarded as the standard work on the subject Church Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.