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The Poetry of Kissing in Early Modern Europe

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© 2017, Boydell and Brewer

© 2017, Boydell and Brewer

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
PREFACE xii
NOTES ON EDITORIAL MATTERS xviii
ABBREVIATIONS xix
Chapter 1 THE RISE AND FALL OF A GENRE 1
Chapter 2 A THOUSAND KISSES 18
Chapter 3 EROTIC TRANSFORMATION 54
Chapter 4 SEXUAL AND GENERIC TENSIONS 88
Chapter 5 THE SOUL IN THE KISS: A THEME AND ITS VARIATIONS 136
Chapter 6 THE KISS-POEM IN THE BRITISH ISLES 201
Chapter 7 SOPHISTICATION OF THE ENGLISH KISS 255
CONCLUSION 313
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
INDEX 331

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787440302-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
PREFACE xii
NOTES ON EDITORIAL MATTERS xviii
ABBREVIATIONS xix
Chapter 1 THE RISE AND FALL OF A GENRE 1
Chapter 2 A THOUSAND KISSES 18
Chapter 3 EROTIC TRANSFORMATION 54
Chapter 4 SEXUAL AND GENERIC TENSIONS 88
Chapter 5 THE SOUL IN THE KISS: A THEME AND ITS VARIATIONS 136
Chapter 6 THE KISS-POEM IN THE BRITISH ISLES 201
Chapter 7 SOPHISTICATION OF THE ENGLISH KISS 255
CONCLUSION 313
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
INDEX 331

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