Love Etc. Essays on Contemporary Literature and by Rita Felski PAPERBACK

Love, Etc.Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture\nAuthor(s): Rita Felski, Camilla Schwartz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Virginia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Virginia Press\nISBN-13: 9780813952062, 978-0813952062\nSynopsis\nThe look of love . . . through an analytic lens\n\n Long treated with skepticism in literary and cultural studies, love as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry is now attracting intense interest and renewed attention. Love, Etc. centers on two key themes: representations of love in literature and culture and love as a relationship to literature and culture. How are our attitudes to love changing in the wake of new technologies and social media; shifting norms around partnering, marriage, and divorce; and feminist and queer thought? Fifteen short and accessible essays cover a wide range of topics from Tinder to The Bachelor, from liking trees to loving aliens, from unrequited love to maternal love, from polyamory to new sta