Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture by Jane Kingsley-Smith

Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture

Jane Kingsley-Smith

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nonfiction classics literary
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Cupid became a popular figure in the literary and visual culture of post-Reformation England. He served to articulate and debate the new Protestant theory of desire, inspiring a dark version of love tragedy in which Cupid kills. But he was also im...

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