Kissing in “She Looks Back” and “Seven Seals”: Excessive and Mad Poetic Expression
In Study of Thomas Hardy, Lawrence declares, “I feel joy when I kiss, because it is not me, the kiss” (STH 42). I want here to examine how he handles the kiss in “She Looks Back” and “Seven Seals,” and see how its poetic expression falls into immoderation. A kiss is a physical gesture bestowed by t...
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Études Lawrenciennes
2019
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| Samenvatting: | In Study of Thomas Hardy, Lawrence declares, “I feel joy when I kiss, because it is not me, the kiss” (STH 42). I want here to examine how he handles the kiss in “She Looks Back” and “Seven Seals,” and see how its poetic expression falls into immoderation. A kiss is a physical gesture bestowed by the lips to (generally) someone else, on any part of their body. In the Christian tradition, up until the High Middle Ages, the kiss was a holy sign of unity, reconciliation and peace. But over the ... |
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