Paradisal love : Johann Gottfried Herder and the Song of Songs /

This is the first comprehensive study of Herder's preoccupation with the Song of Songs, Baildam considers the importance of this poetry in his thinking, and examines his commentaries and translations of 1776 and 1778. Despite Herder's claims to the contrary, his own cultural position is re...

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Main Author: Baildam, John D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780567436627
0567436624
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 HERDER' S PREOCCUPATION WITH THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 2 HERDER'S APPROACH TO POETRY AND THE BIBLE: ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 3 HERDER AS TRANSLATOR: A THEORETICAL CONTEXT FOR LIEDER DER LlEBE; Chapter 4 HERDER'S RECEPTION OF THE SONG OF SONGS: A COMPARISON WITH OTHER INTERPRETATIVE APPROACHES; Chapter 5 HERDER'S INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG OF SONGS; Chapter 6 HERDER'S TRANSLATIONS OF THE SONG OF SONGS; CONCLUSION; Appendix A: HERDER'S TRANSLATIONS OF THE SONG OF SONGS.