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The poetics of tenderness : on falling in love / Robert Cantwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cantwell, Robert, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Love in literature.
- Love--Psychological aspects.
- Love.
- Sex in literature.
- Sex (Psychology).
- Tenderness (Psychology).
- Nurturing behavior.
- Physical Description:
- lviii, 271 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This book, a literary-critical work on love, argues that romantic love originates neither in the gratification of appetite nor in the sexual drive, but in the nurturing relation of caregiver and child. When we, distinguish between self and other, love engages our aesthetic and analytic capacities together to recognize and to create the beloved"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: falling in love
- The white heron: an introduction
- Hooking up
- The smart that has no name
- Lolita
- Love objects
- Kissing cousins
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cantwell, Robert, 1945- author. Poetics of tenderness
- ISBN:
- 9781498548335
- 1498548334
- OCLC:
- 1005684493
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