Author: HOWARD, ELIZABETH JANE (SELECTED AND EDITED BY)
Title: The Lover's Companion
Description: London, Macmillan. 1997. (ISBN: 0333664531). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First published in 1978. Elizabeth Jane Howard has compiled a chronology of love, from first love and love at first sight, through unrequited love and infidelity, to old love that has changed and lasted.The Medieval Code has surprising application to the mores of the present time, beginning as it does with 'Marriage is not a justifiable plea for the refusal of love.' From this starting point, she ranges through a remarkably catholic selection of writers, and her introduction and linking passages illuminate the collection by explaining her choices. NOT EX LIB 14. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Writings on Love, Literary Anthologies on Love 0333664531


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