ARGUING SEDUCTION: THE EROTIC INVITATION AND THE TEXTURE OF SUBJECT IN EARLY MODERN POETIC TRADITION
Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Reader 1
Tessie Prakas
Reader 2
Thomas Koenigs
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© 2025 Taylor M Kindron
Abstract
This thesis conducts a survey of the device of the erotic invitation poem in early modern literature in an analysis of Katherine Philips' poem, "Friendship's Mystery," William Shakespeare's narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, and Aphra Behn's play, The City Heiress. This thesis considers the relationship between "speaker" and "subject" within the invitation poem and the development of autonomy for the erotic subject across literary mediums, from poetry to drama.
Recommended Citation
Kindron, Taylor, "ARGUING SEDUCTION: THE EROTIC INVITATION AND THE TEXTURE OF SUBJECT IN EARLY MODERN POETIC TRADITION" (2025). Scripps Senior Theses. 2454.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2454
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
