A Natural History of Love · Author of the National Bestseller a Natural History of the Senses by Ackerman, Diane -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Other Books by this Author About the Author Title Page Dedication Permissions Acknowledgements

Introduction: Love’s Vocabulary A LONG DESIRE: THE HISTORY OF LOVE Egypt

History’s Paramour, the Serpent Queen Art in Ancient Egypt The Hieroglyphic Love Poems My Sister, My Bride A Long Desire

Greece

The World of the Citizen King The Woman’s World Men Loving Men The Family Orpheus and Eurydice

Rome

The Nightmare of Girls Dido and Aeneas The Family Oh, Victoria! Ovid and the Art of Love Decorating Leisure Time

The Middle Ages

The Birth of Chivalry Books of Love Troubadours The Heart’s Rebellion The Origins of Courtly Love Abelard and Heloise

Modern Days

The Angel and the Witch Romeo and Juliet Bridled Hearts A Waking Swoon A Return to Courtly Love Domestic Paradise Modern Love

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER: IDEAS ABOUT LOVE Plato: The Perfect Union Stendhal Meets the Deep South Denis de Rougemont: Love and Magic Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting Freud: The Origins of Desire Attachment Theory ALL FIRES THE FIRE: THE NATURE OF LOVE The Loving Impaired

Disabling Love The Horror of the Ik

Brain-Stem Sonata: The Neurophysiology of Love The Evolution of Love

The Plastic Brain New-Age Sensitive Guys Adultery The Battle of the Sexes

The Chemistry of Love

Mother Love, Father Love The Cuddle Chemical The Infatuation Chemical The Attachment Chemical The Chemistry of Divorce

Aphrodisiacs A NECESSARY PASSION: THE EROTICS OF LOVE Fire from the Flesh: Why Sex Evolved

The Spice of Life

The Face

The Evolution of the Face Survival of the Cutest Facing Our Biases

The Hair Women and Horses Men and Cars

The Indy 500

The Lightest Longing: Sex and Flying Wings over Africa Men and Mermaids Sexual Chic: Perversion as Fashion Kissing On the Sensuality of Looking PASSING STRANGE AND WONDERFUL: LOVE’S CUSTOMS Patterns in Nature The Courtship Flesh of My Flesh: The Marriage Of Cocks and Cunts Love on the Edge: Adultery, Extravagant Gestures, and Crimes of Passion POINTS FOR A COMPASS ROSE: VARIETIES OF LOVE Altruism For the Love of Children: Interplast For the Love of Strangers: Life and Death in the South Seas On Religious Love On Transference Love On the Love of Pets Postscript: The Museum Selected Bibliography