TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunt,Patrick
TI  - Poetry in the Song of Songs: a literary analysis 
SN  - 9780820481920 (hbk.)
AV  - BS1485.52 .H6 2008
U1  - 223.906 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Bible
KW  - Song of Solomon
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Hebrew poetry, Biblical
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Bible as literature
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006022452.html
ER  -