Poetry in the «Song of Songs»: A Literary Analysis (Revised) (Paperback)

Focus, History Of The Book, Hermeneutics And Its 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. Patrick Hunt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [349]-360) And Index.