The Amorous Heart

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Amorous Heart

By Marilyn Yalom

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About the book

The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world?In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand years, through Christian theology, pagan love poetry, medieval painting, Shakespearean drama, Enlightenment science, and into the present. She argues that the symbol r...Show more

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ISBN

9780465094707

Publisher

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Amorous Heart

Format

Hardcover

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