{"id":1106,"date":"2019-02-01T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2020-06-11T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:09:59","slug":"love-an-exploration-of-love-lust-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/love-an-exploration-of-love-lust-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"LOVE! : An exploration of love, lust & desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though many deride Valentine\u2019s Day as a holiday invented by greeting card companies, what better way to break up the long winter months than with a celebration of love to warm the cockles of our cold, cold hearts?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This month\u2019s book display covers all types of love \u2013 from best friends to one-night stands to your grandparents\u2019 marriage and everything in between. Coming at love from all angles, there are poets and artists and philosophers and psychologists. We have Shakespeare\u2019s sonnets and a Leonard Cohen\/Henri Matisse art mash up. Love: All That Matters<\/em>, is a fascinating introduction to both the psychology and philosophy of love \u2013 and what matters most about it. There is Love Analyzed;<\/em> Love, a history;<\/em> Love and love sickness: the science of sex, gender difference, and pair-bonding; <\/em>and just plain old Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Tired of Tinder? So are we! Put your thumb-swiping skills to use turning the pages of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Love Online<\/em>, which explores the \u201chypermarket of desire\u201d that is online dating, or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Labor of Love<\/em>, in which Moira Weigel dives into the secret history of dating while holding up a mirror to the contemporary dating landscape, revealing why we date the way we do and explaining why it feels so much like work. If online dating\u2019s got you down,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The Hypothetical Girl<\/em>, stories by Elizabeth Cohen, will make you feel less alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t worry, there is a fair dose of sincerity amid all this flippancy. In\u00a0Love<\/em>, Tony Milligan addresses this mood of pessimism about the nature of love and explores the value and significance of love in fostering an enjoyable and successful life.<\/p>\n

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Whether you crave sweeping epics\u00a0\u00e0 la\u00a0Anna Karenina<\/em>, or more contemporary sagas such as\u00a0The Time-Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/em>, we\u2019ve got you covered. Underneath this veneer of sarcasm there does, indeed, lie a hopeless romantic, and we want to share all of our favourite love stories with you!<\/p>\n

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LOVE! book display in Redpath<\/p><\/div>\n

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