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Every Sedanet article in one place: conversations, essays, translations and book reviews, with search, categories and sorting. Each petal of the medallion is a category; tap one.
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Love is a historically contingent concept, dominated by the Romantic language-game. A reading of Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Valentine' deconstructs the assumptions of the Romantic hero and, by examining the Greek distinction between eros, philia, and agape, outlines an alternative model for loving.
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