Love Three
A Study of a Poem by George Herbert
Wave Books · Print & ebook · May 17, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- George Herbert’s poem anchors a study of power, desire, and personal memory.
- Genres
- Poetry Criticism, Love Poetry, 17th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Wave Books, May 17, 2019
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Love Three is a study of a seventeenth-century devotional poem by George Herbert; an essay on eroticizing power; and a memory palace of sexual experiences, fantasies, preferences, and limits—with Herbert’s poem as the key. It is unlike anything you have ever read—a deep, attentive reading of a text and a broad analysis (personal, historical, philosophical) of humanity’s most enduring theme.
Herbert’s Devotional Poem
George Herbert’s poem anchors a study of power, desire, and personal memory.
Come here for
- A close study of George Herbert’s seventeenth-century devotional poem
- An essay on eroticizing power
Expect
- A memory palace of sexual experiences, fantasies, preferences, and limits
- Personal, historical, and philosophical analysis of humanity’s enduring theme
Where it sits
| Love Poetry | 55% |
|---|---|
| 17th-Century Literary Criticism | 47% |
| Poetry Criticism | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Poetry Criticism
- 17th-Century Literary Criticism
- Religion in Literature
- Authors
- Aaron Kunin
- Publisher
- Wave Books
- Published
- May 17, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Poetry Criticism