Love

=Love= ====//When Love speaks, the voice of all the gods// //Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.// //- Love's Labor Lost, Shakespeare//====

In English, the word "love" has a variety of different meanings according to different contexts. It is contrasted with "hate" and "lust" and "apathy." It is commonly referred to as how one person feels for another, but perceptions of love have changed greatly over time. Come see the library's collection on all things love, from Sappho and courtly love to the biology of love and modern romance.

Browse the links! Courtly Love Civil War Love Letters The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise The True Story of 'Antony and Cleopatra' Sappho Loving vs. Virginia Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court Top 50 Love Songs of All Time Cinema Aphrodiso True Love on TV: A Gendered Analysis of Reality-Romance TV Ted Talks about Love

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Ursuline's E-books & Media Encyclopedia of love in world religions Love across the color line: the letters of Alice Hanley to Channing Lewis Love story