Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Form of Love Poetry, Philosophy, and the Closeness of Loving Reading 1
4. 1. Disjunctive Love: Philosophical Project and Poetic Experience in Donne’s “Th e Ecstasy” 29
5. 2. Obscure Love: Virtual Masochisms in Philips’s “Friendship’s Mysterys” 56
6. 3. Forgetting to Love: Problems of Praise in Herbert’s “Th e Flower” 78
7. 4. Loving Rhyme: Reading Mastery in Crashaw’s “Th e Flaming Heart” 98
8. 5. Green Love: Lost in Marvell’s “Th e Garden” 117
9. 6. Love and/or Lyric: Dickinson’s “I cannot live with You -” 145
10. Acknowledgments 171
11. Notes 173
12. Index 209