The poetics of tenderness : on falling in love /

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 to...

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Main Author:	Cantwell, Robert, 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:	Love in literature. Love > Psychological aspects. Sex in literature. Sex (Psychology) Tenderness (Psychology) Nurturing behavior.