About kisses. Cultural and historical essay

Reprint from publication. SPb., 1898. "Book of kisses" - an attempt by the famous Danish philologist of the 19th century Karl Nyurop, professor of Copenhagen University, to understand the richest material about kisses accumulated over many centuries with worldwide literature, painting and art. The author’s literary talent and his characteristic witty and red-haired manner turns reading into a relaxed, fascinating conversation, with witty comments, jokes, proverbs and poems, without canceling a serious and deep analysis of this topic. For a long time, the topic of the kiss was sung in verses and canvases, Plato was still thinking about why people kissed, and Shakespeare called the kiss "Seal of our love". In Russian fairy tales, only a kiss was able to wake a sleeping beauty or turn the monster into a beautiful prince, and M. Monroe rightly noted that a good kiss is another.
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