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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | lviii, 271 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498548335 1498548334 |