{"product_id":"9781780376042","title":"Towards a General Theory of Love","description":"Author: Clare Shaw\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780376042\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Shaw's fourth collection \u003ci\u003eTowards a General Theory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e shows that poetry can say as much as about who we are  and especially how we feel  as psychology. They also feed each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Harlow's famous experiments on baby monkeys changed the course of psychology. They proved that we need care, contact and love  and they inflicted profound and lasting suffering on their subjects. Clare Shaw's poems in \u003ci\u003eTowards a General Theory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e are driven by the same furious need to understand the experience of love and its absence. Harlow's findings, attachment theory, mythology and art are set alongside stories of attraction, grief and desire. The book is inhabited by the character of Monkey, who shows by example how early attachments and trauma may shape us, but how ultimately the individual  like the reader  will come to realise her, his or their own general theory and practice of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924837974174,"sku":"ING-9781780376042","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780376042.jpg?v=1782953649","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780376042","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}