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The amorous heart : an unconventional history of love / Marilyn Yalom. by Yalom, Marilyn. Basic Books, 2018. Call #: 302.2223 Y191a Subjects Heart -- Symbolic aspects.   Love symbols. ISBN:  9780465094707 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The amorous heart in antiquity -- Arabic songs from the heart -- The heart icon's first ancestors -- French and German songs from the heart -- Romances of the heart -- Exchanging hearts with Jesus -- Caritas, or the Italianized heart -- Birth of an icon -- A separate burial for the heart -- The independent heart -- The return of cupid -- The reformation and counter-reformation -- How Shakespeare probed the heart's secrets -- Heart and brain -- Exposing the female heart -- The heart in popular culture -- Hearts and hands -- Romanticism, or the reign of the heart -- Valentines -- I?U. Summary:  "An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity 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 reveals a tension between love as romantic and sexual on the one hand, and as religious and spiritual on the other. Ultimately, the heart symbol is a guide to the astonishing variety of human affections, from the erotic to the chaste and from the unrequited to the conjugal."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 302.2223 Y191a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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