Cupid's Arrow: The Course of Love through Time

In this absorbing book, renowned psychologist Robert J. Sternberg presents a psychological approach to human relationships that reveals how and why people fall in and out of love. Fascinating reading for anyone who wants to learn more about love, Cupid's Arrow draws on fields ranging from history to cognitive science to folklore, offering a comprehensive account of love in its many forms. Grounded in Sternberg's own 'triangular theory', the book explores the many varieties of love as diffe

Preface
The Composition of Cupid's Arrow: What Is Love?
A Three-Component View of Love	p. 3
Seven Kinds of Love	p. 16
Many Different Triangles of Love	p. 24
Measuring the Triangle of Love	p. 44
Aiming Cupid's Arrow: Love over Many Lifetimes
The Prehistory of Love	p. 53
The History of Love Revealed through Culture	p. 59
The History of Love Revealed through Literature	p. 75
Firing Cupid's Arrow: Love in Our Lifetime: Beginnings
The Role of Childhood and Adolescence	p. 101
The Role of Adulthood	p. 107
Cupid's Arrow in Flight: Love in Our Lifetime: Middles
The Role of Reward	p. 131
The Course of Relationships	p. 141
When Cupid's Arrow Falls: Love in Our Lifetime: Endings
Decay of Relationships	p. 159
Dissolution of and New Beginnings for Relationships	p. 168
Notes	p. 183
Index	p. 203
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Cupid's Arrow: The Course of Love through Time

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