Words of love : passionate women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath
Norris, Pamela2006
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Offering a social and cultural history of the development of romantic love, this book explores women's interpretations of love, and presents the ways in which women over the centuries have responded to conventions of romance, gender and status, as well as the societies in which they moved and lived.
Main title:
Words of love : passionate women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath / Pamela Norris.
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Imprint:
London : HarperPress, 2006.
Collation:
501 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-476) and index.
ISBN:
9780002571784 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.933543
Local class:
809.933543
Language:
English
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BRN:
331315
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