Heart
a personal journey through its myths and meanings
by Gail Godwin
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"What is heart? It is the muscle of life, sending our most vital fluid coursing through our veins to every hungry part of our being. It is what keeps us striving against impossible odds; that fortifying something that is the cornerstone of every triumph. It elates us when we discover love and pains us greatly when that love is lost or proves unrequited. It is a gentleness that colors what we give to others.
It is a symbol that we see on greeting cards: a small, red shape that was drawn on the wall of a cave in Spain more than 12,000 years ago. ...".
"In this work, author Gail Godwin takes us on a journey of the heart that spans the entire history of human civilization, combining literature, myth, religion, philosophy, medicine, the fine arts, and intensely personal stories from the writer's own past to explore the full and complex character of that unique symbol.
Godwin's explorations and meditations track themes of the heart in life, legend, and art - from the first valentine to the first stethoscope, from Gilgamesh to Confucius, from the heart of darkness to wearing one's heart on one's sleeve."--BOOK JACKET.
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Heart
February 2, 2004, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Paperback
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0747564531 9780747564539
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Heart: A Natural History of the Heart-Filled Life
February 1, 2002, Harper Perennial
in English
0380808412 9780380808410
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Heart: A Personal Journey Through Its Myths and Meanings
January 9, 2001, William Morrow
in English
0380977958 9780380977956
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Heart: a personal journey through its myths and meanings
2001, William Morrow
in English
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"In the chronicle of our species, ever since we acquired speech and symbols, the imaginative place accorded to the heart can tell you a great deal about how a people defines itself and what it holds sacred."
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