Assis resolves the issue of whether the biblical book is an anthology of separate poems or a single poem of several parts, by assigning it to the genre of rendezvous, and finding then the
various poems of adoration, and especially of yearning, as the expressions of longing that lovers use to lead up to an invitation to a rendezvous. Within that framework she looks in turn at the
initial and second courtship, the climax, the ebbing of love, and resolution. T&T Clark is an imprint of Continuum. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
