Valentine
A Love Story
Published on 25. April 2007
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-56101-286-2 (ISBN)
Description
Little is known about Valentine, whose name symbolizes romantic love. Chet Raymo draws on the tradition that Valentine was a physician in love with the blind Julia to thread his way through the fabric of romance while illuminating the world of the Roman Empire of Claudius II-a time when Christian deaths provided public entertainment. The ideas in Valentine are startlingly relevant to our own times: globalization vs. fundamentalism, reason vs. superstition, the subversion of virtue by wealth-and the power of passionate love to overcome all obstacles to its consummation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56101-286-2 (9781561012862)
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Person
Chet Raymo is professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. He is teacher, naturalist, and former science columnist for the Boston Globe.