Metaphor as Pure Adventure

First edition. 8vo. [ii], 20pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Actual size front cover reproduction of a plate from Bizzarie di varie figure, by Giovanni Battista Braccelli, 1624. 1/1500 copies printed.

A Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress, December 4, 1967. James Dickey was Consultant in Poetry at the de facto national library from 1966–1968, succeeding Stephen Spender, a position now replaced by that of "Poet Laureate". His 1970 novel Deliverance was turned into a highly successful film by John Boorman, in which Dickey played the role of sheriff.

[Bruccoli & Baughman A12.1]