John Clinton

Five Books about Relationships: How Our Ideas about Love Have Changed

Social standards evolve with the times, and things that were frowned upon one hundred years ago are hardly even noticed today. Romantic relationships, in particular, have been intensely scrutinized in this regard, as modern notions of love and sexuality are radically different than just a generation or two before our times. One way to assess the changing attitudes is to analyze prevalent ideas in literature dealing with topics of love, emotions, and relationships.