“St. Valentine’s Day is past,” as Duke Theseus says at the end of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so the present newsletter, dear readers, is a slightly belated Valentine. Yet, although it may seem minor enough at first, its subject, the symbolism of the Valentine colors red and white, is of abiding interest, beyond the marketing ploys of a thoroughly commercialized holiday, a boon to the shops selling red and white roses and red and white lingerie.
February 18, 2022
February 18, 2022
February 18, 2022
“St. Valentine’s Day is past,” as Duke Theseus says at the end of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so the present newsletter, dear readers, is a slightly belated Valentine. Yet, although it may seem minor enough at first, its subject, the symbolism of the Valentine colors red and white, is of abiding interest, beyond the marketing ploys of a thoroughly commercialized holiday, a boon to the shops selling red and white roses and red and white lingerie.