
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Notes on Editorial Matters
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 The Rise and Fall of a Genre
- 2 A Thousand Kisses
- 3 Erotic Transformation
- 4 Sexual and Generic Tensions
- 5 The Soul in the Kiss: A Theme and its Variations
- 6 The Kiss-Poem in the British Isles
- 7 Sophistication of the English Kiss
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
List of Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Notes on Editorial Matters
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 The Rise and Fall of a Genre
- 2 A Thousand Kisses
- 3 Erotic Transformation
- 4 Sexual and Generic Tensions
- 5 The Soul in the Kiss: A Theme and its Variations
- 6 The Kiss-Poem in the British Isles
- 7 Sophistication of the English Kiss
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary

- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Poetry of Kissing in Early Modern EuropeFrom the Catullan Revival to Secundus, Shakespeare and the English Cavaliers, pp. xix - xxPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017