5/23/2023 0 Comments Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer![]() You name it, we've read about it: falling in love falling out of love making love forbidden love love found love lost love aches love pains lovers' tiffs. It's been around the block a few times, of course – A Lover's Discourse Antony and Cleopatra The Art of Loving As You Like It Pride and Prejudice The Allegory of Love Love in the Western World Love in the Time of Cholera Bridget Jones's Diary Dr Zhivago. But there's more to it than that – isn't there? "Love's limits are ample and great," writes the very ample and great Robert Burton, in An Anatomy of Melancholy, "and a spacious walk it hath." In Love Virtually and The Lover's Dictionary Daniel Glattauer and David Levithan give it another good outing. At least according to biological theory, as described in Sheila Sullivan's indispensable guide Falling in Love: A History of Torment and Enchantment. ![]() the eyes dilate, the heart beats faster, the rate of breathing rises, and it is possible that the excited body also puts out aphrodisiac chemical odours." Congratulations! You're in love. "T he sex organs engorge, the skin tingles. ![]()
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