English Literature A-Level
Erotic love and physical desire
What Erotic love and physical desire means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The explicit, physical desire that replaces the idealised, distant longing of traditional Petrarchan love poetry, expressed through witty, intellectual arguments.
Topics that use Erotic love and physical desire
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – Metaphysical Poetry – John Donne Selected Poems (Penguin Classics, 2006) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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