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All About Love: Anatomy of an Unruly Emotion
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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All About Love: Anatomy of an Unruly Emotion
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Lisa Appignanesi
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 124 |
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Category/Genre | Family and relationships Popular psychology |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781844085910
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Classifications | Dewey:152.41 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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Imprint |
Virago Press Ltd
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Publication Date |
2 February 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Unruly, unpredictable, love is a maddening deity. In this insightful and eloquent meditation on that many-splendored thing, Lisa Appignanesi draws on history, philosophy, psychology, literature, popular culture and her own experience in order to tangle with love's paradoxes through the span of our lives. Beginning with the rose-tinted raptures of first love, she proceeds to love in marriage, the passions of triangulated love, jealousy and adultery, love in the family and friendship, illuminating the expectations, the joys and difficulties that accompany each stage.
Author Biography
Lisa Appignanesi was born in Poland and grew up in France and Canada. A novelist and writer, she is former deputy director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, chair of the Freud Museum and president of English PEN.
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