"Stronger Than Death": The Song of Songs in Michael Field's Poetry and Life-Writing

Michael Field is the pen name of Katharine Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece and lover Edith Cooper (1862-1913). In the first article devoted exclusiyely to Michael Field's recepiion of the Song of Songs, I argue for the importance of the Song of Songs 8:6, notably the asseveration that love is...

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Published in:Religion & literature
Main Author: Dan, Duc (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Notre Dame [2018]
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 17-38
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Song of Songs / Field, Michael / Death / Transcendence
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HB Old Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B SONG of Songs (Book)
B LIFE writing
B Death
B Euphemism
B BRADLEY, Katharine Harris, 1846-1914

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