Less than two weeks before Valentine's Day, and I'm working on every angle I can think of: what happens to our brains when we fall in love (that's one for the biology dept.), and what's the history of love? I've contacted Philosophy and English profs and my colleague Amy Cranston is trying to figure out when giving a rose became a Valentine's Day tradition. Last year one of professors who teaches a course on the philosophy of love was interivewed by KYW Newsradio. The first writer in English (or an early form of it) to write about romantic love was Geoffrey Chauder (this fact courtesy of Kevin Harty, chair of La Salle's English dept.). Then again, there's the 'business' of love; I've heard that restaurants do more business on Valentine's Day than any other day of the year, including Mother's Day. Amy is looking for some business profs to discuss that angle.
In the meantime, a British film crew is coming to town tomorrow to film Matthew Quick, a La Salle alum whose novel, "The Silver Linings Playbook" will be featured on an English TV program (akin to Oprah's book club). Inquirer columnist Mike Klein has something about the film crew in his column today, and the Courier-Post is interested (Quick lives in South Jersey).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment