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The point here is that romance and all of the weight we tend to put on it is a modern invention, and primarily promoted and marketed by a bunch of businessmen who realized it will get you to pay for movie tickets and/or a new piece of jewelry. As Don Draper once said, “What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.”
Modern historians such as D. W. Robertson Jr., John C. Moore, and E. Talbot Donaldson consider the concept of courtly love to be a modern invention. Donaldson called it "The Myth of Courtly Love," on the basis that it is not supported in medieval texts.
Oct 24, 2012 · The object of this book is to set before young people in a bright and interesting way, and without the use of technical language, accounts of some of the latest phases of modern invention; and also to introduce them to recent discoveries of which the full development is yet to be witnessed.
Oct 24, 2012 · The Romance of Modern Invention by Archibald Williams. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934
- T: Technology
- English
- Inventions
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Jun 25, 2014 · Everywhere, in mill and factory, locomotive, ship, it has increased the products which lend ease and comfort to modern life; it is the great ally of invention, and the ultimate agent for transporting men and material from one point on the earth's surface to another.
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Prabhat Prakashan, Jan 1, 1927 - Fiction - 343 pages. The Romance of Modern Invention by Archibald Williams: In this captivating book, Archibald Williams takes readers on a journey through...
