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The reddest rose : romantic love from the ancient Greeks to reality TV / Liv Strömquist ; translated by Melissa Bowers.
Van Pelt Library PN6790.S883 S75713 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strömquist, Liv, 1978- author, illustrator.
- Standardized Title:
- Rödaste rosen slår ut. English
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Love--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Love.
- Genre:
- Humorous comics.
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- 168 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Romantic love from the ancient Greeks to reality TV
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer -- in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays -- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature characters, drawn in a flat, blocky style, ask each other questions and offer sharp commentary as they guide readers throughout history and the change in societies' values, from showing love/loving to getting love/being loved. Strömquist wonders: in a rationalist, consumerist world, can romantic love survive?"-- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Swedish.
- Original Swedish edition ©2019 Ordfront/Galago.
- ISBN:
- 9781683964599
- 1683964594
- OCLC:
- 1241071520
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