English Literature A-Level
Platonic love
What Platonic love means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Platonic love
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A seventeenth-century ideal within which the relationship between Orinda and Lucasia is contextualised, rejecting physical passion in favour of intellectual and spiritual unity.
Topics that use Platonic love
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – Metaphysical Poetry – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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