Reading
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round Valentine’s Day, Portraits posed a question to the members of the English faculty: What is your favorite book on love? The answers were somewhat surprising. Almost everyone named more than one book, and one professor named her top six. (Maybe they’re just overachievers.) Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” won votes from two professors. Altogether, there were 25 books named by 12 faculty members. The list includes a classic children’s book, a science fiction novel, and some enduring works that have been made (and re-made) into movies. So, we asked one English professor to do what English professors do: explore the meaning of it all. Hang onto your humanities; here we go!
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