Six Kinds of Love by Sheila Thomas
Can the Ancient Greeks help us to understand ourselves a little more? English has only one word for ‘love’, which has to cover a multitude of meanings, whereas the Ancient Greeks had a whole range of words to describe the different kinds of emotions which we in the 21st Century can only call ‘love’. This collection of monologues will make you both smile and cry as you listen to the characters describing their experience of love and life. Parental love that knows no bounds is explored here, alongside infatuated love, obsessive love, practical love that leads people to take on roles they did not perhaps wish for themselves, selfless, altruistic love for mankind and of course, romantic love that can be felt when you realise you have met your perfect soul mate. Sweet, gently humorous and occasionally poignant, this collection of monologues brings together a series of writings which speak to everyone.
Sheila Thomas studied French and German literature at Oxford University and has always had an interest in psycholinguistics, particularly semantics. When she began to write creatively, this caused her to reflect on the richness of vocabulary in different cultures. Six Kinds of Love explores Sheila’s curiosity for language and psychology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800462564 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800462565 |
| Title | Six Kinds of Love |
| Author | Sheila Thomas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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