Love and Language
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Book Overview
Our understanding of love today is not the same as the one espoused by Plato in the fourth century BCE. Nor is it the same as the courtly love of the Renaissance, or love as defined by Stendhal or Proust or Freud. In this utterly original book, cultural critic Ilan Stavans engages in an exhilarating dialogue with Ver nica Albin about love and its various manifestations. Roaming through millennia, across geographical boundaries, and from culture...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300118058
ISBN13:9780300118056
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 7.3"
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Love and Language
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Ilan Stavans deserves to be better known. He is a brilliant thinker whose knowledge knows no boundaries. I am reminded of his compatriot Octavio Paz when I read this series of interviews. He is the kind of person who can get the reader excited about exploring new works and new worlds. Highly recommended.
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