Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344) and index.
Contents
Petrarchism -- Petrarchan poetry and the madrigal in seventeenth-century Germany -- Affective expression in poetry and music -- Affect and discourse of love -- Mystical love in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Lutheran poetry and theology -- Spiritual and mystical love in seventeenth-century vocal music -- Mystical love in Johann Sebastian Bach's vocal works.