The essence of true love is in the yearning not in the
consummation.
This literary analysis of the "Song of Songs" employs the methods
of New Criticism. Each analysis aims to uncover the messages
conveyed by the poems and the inner world of the characters. The
analysis brings to the fore the highly sophisticated and the
original creativity of the love poetry of the "Song of Songs." In
the introduction, the question is posed as to whether the "Song of
Songs" is an anthology or one literary whole. After discussing the
strengths and weakness of the various approaches, the author
proposes a novel structure for the Book predicated on the various
genres of the love poems.
Assis discerns poems of physical description, poems of adoration,
and poems of yearning. In addition, he discerns what he takes to be
a previously unrecognized genre, poems of rendezvous - a new
structure which is based on a psychological understanding of
passionate love is now discovered.
One of the undisputed dominant features of passionate love is the
longing for union with the beloved. Based on this premise, the book
is divided into five sections, each of which ends with an attempt
to unite or in a union. The structure of the book reflects an
emotional and inner development in the psyche of the lovers and in
the relationship between them. Throughout the book the
interrelationships between the various genres of the love poems,
and the development of the characters is spelled out
General
| Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Release date: |
September 2009 |
| First published: |
September 2009 |
| Authors: |
Elie Assis
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-02764-1 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
English
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: texts >
Poetry texts & anthologies >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-567-02764-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780567027641 |
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