{"product_id":"the-amorous-heart-marilyn-yalom-9780465094707","title":"The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Amorous Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn Yalom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465094708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465094707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 113","brand":"Marilyn Yalom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919807578367,"sku":"9780465094707","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8a3eca34-562e-473a-b686-7c9a6cda8e5c.jpg?v=1680812025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-amorous-heart-marilyn-yalom-9780465094707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}