Infant Kiss

[celemon@email.unc.edu (Angela Reid)]

I've been researching Victorian sexuality lately for a class, and I have 
been wondering about this song.  Does anybody know Kate's story behind 
it?  I'm struck by a thematic similarity to Henry James' "Turn of the 
Screw," where the governess has a very erotically charged relationship 
with her young male ward (even comparing their feelings to those of 
newlyweds in the final scene).  Knowing Kate's proclivity for writing 
songs related to books, I wondered if there was any connection.

Angela