THE SONG OF SONGS: A PLEA FOR AN AESTHETIC READING

Although recent scholarship on the Song of Songs has turned to literary approaches, these have not reckoned with literary criticism’s return to aesthetics. This essay outlines current theory of aesthetic criticism and suggests ways in which it could be applied to the Song of Songs.

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Main Author: Miller, Robert D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: CEEOL 2012
In: Sacra scripta
Year: 2012, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-119
Further subjects:B Literary Analysis
B Poetics
B Aesthetics
B Song of Songs
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Summary:Although recent scholarship on the Song of Songs has turned to literary approaches, these have not reckoned with literary criticism’s return to aesthetics. This essay outlines current theory of aesthetic criticism and suggests ways in which it could be applied to the Song of Songs.
Contains:Enthalten in: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai. Centrul de Studii Biblice, Sacra scripta