Esteem Enlivened by Desire: The Couple from Homer to Shakespeare

by Jean H. Hagstrum

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A magisterial book by one of our most distinguished literary historians, Esteem Enlivened by Desire illuminates (and celebrates) the ideal of lasting love from antiquity to the high Renaissance. Love that leads to marriage is a relatively recent "invention," or so critics and historians often say. But in this remarkable survey, Jean H. Hagstrum argues that long-term commitment formed of friendship and passion is one of Western culture's oldest...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226312879

ISBN13:9780226312873

Release Date:November 1992

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:534 Pages

Weight:3.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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