The quest for love.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: University
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism; Love in literature
Description: The author turns to the exploration of the relationship between the growth of a sense of reality and the capacity to love. He believes firmly in the civilizing influence of creative art on society, and attempts to show how Chaucer and Shakespeare transcended human imperfection and created a vision of continuity and hope by their understanding of human love.