Akkadian love literature of the third and second millennium BCE

1. Verfasser: Wasserman, Nathan.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2016.
Umfang/Format: 289 pages : 29 illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Leipziger altorientalistische Studien Bd 4
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Akkadian love literature : an overview. The scope of this study
  • Thematic and temporal classification of the corpus
  • Characterization of the corpus
  • Love and attraction in the corpus
  • Semantic fields (other than love) typical of the corpus
  • Key metaphors and motifs
  • The corpus. The core group of Akkadian love literature : dialogues, monologues, descriptive compositions
  • Incipits of Akkadian love literature : catalogues
  • Manipulative compositions concerning love and sex : incantations.