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Poetry in the Song of Songs : a literary analysis / Patrick Hunt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in biblical literature ; v. 96Publication details: New York ; Oxford : Peter Lang, 2008.Description: xi, 368 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780820481920 (hbk.)
  • 0820481920 (hbk.)
  • 9781433104657 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 223.906 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1485.52 .H6 2008
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Contents:
Focus, history of the Song of Songs, hermeneutics and its lasting influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-360) and index.

Focus, history of the Song of Songs, hermeneutics and its lasting influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.

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