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'Akindofmercurialelegy-SomeextraordinarypassionleaksthroughBarthes'lucidprose'PeterAckroyd,SpectatorThelanguageweusewhenweareinloveisnotalanguagewespeak,foritisaddressedtoourselvesandtoourimaginarybeloved.Itisalanguageofsolitude,ofmythology,ofwhatBarthescallsan'imagerepertoire'.Thisbookrevivesbeyondthepsychologicalorclinicalenterpriseswhichhavecharacterisedsuchresearchesinourculture-thenotionoftheamoroussubject.Itwillbeenjoyedandunderstoodbytwogroupsofreaders:thosewhohavebeeninlove(Orthinktheyhave,whichisthesamething),andthosewhohaveneverbeeninlove(orthinktheyhavenot,whichisthesamething).Thisbookmightbeconsidered,initsrestlesssearchforauthoritiesandexamples,whichrangefromNietzschetoZen,fromRuysbroektoDebussy,anencyclopaediaofthataffirmativediscoursewhichisthelover's.