A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the SensesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1 de jun. de 2011 - 384 páginas The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself. |
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... body to its limit , spreading her fingers to encom- pass all of Creation , and say : " This much ! " Or : " Think of the biggest thing you can imagine . Now double it . I love you a hundred times that much ! " When Elizabeth Barrett ...
... body to its limit , spreading her fingers to encom- pass all of Creation , and say : " This much ! " Or : " Think of the biggest thing you can imagine . Now double it . I love you a hundred times that much ! " When Elizabeth Barrett ...
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... body hieroglyphics , in which nothing was spoken but much was understood . Plutarch reports that , when she sailed to Tarsus to meet Antony , she arrived on a scented barge of purple and gold , dressed as Aphrodite ( the Greek goddess ...
... body hieroglyphics , in which nothing was spoken but much was understood . Plutarch reports that , when she sailed to Tarsus to meet Antony , she arrived on a scented barge of purple and gold , dressed as Aphrodite ( the Greek goddess ...
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... body and its parts in terms of sun and moon , plants and hillocks . The lover rationalizes his carnal worship by saying to himself , in effect , " Her brown eyes are as absolute as nightfall , her mouth as dew - struck as morning . " Or ...
... body and its parts in terms of sun and moon , plants and hillocks . The lover rationalizes his carnal worship by saying to himself , in effect , " Her brown eyes are as absolute as nightfall , her mouth as dew - struck as morning . " Or ...
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... body and soul , as if we were nothing more than ventriloquists ' dummies , to dictate our actions and determine our fate . We build love temples and shrines , where we enter as supplicants , practice love as a form of religion ...
... body and soul , as if we were nothing more than ventriloquists ' dummies , to dictate our actions and determine our fate . We build love temples and shrines , where we enter as supplicants , practice love as a form of religion ...
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... body and mind . To be a citizen of Athens meant status , prestige , economic opportunity ( only citizens could own real estate ) , and a sense of nobility ( you had to be the child of two Athenian parents - indeed , in the fourth ...
... body and mind . To be a citizen of Athens meant status , prestige , economic opportunity ( only citizens could own real estate ) , and a sense of nobility ( you had to be the child of two Athenian parents - indeed , in the fourth ...
Conteúdo
The Hair | 190 |
Women and Horses | 196 |
Men and Cars | 217 |
Sex and Flying | 227 |
Men and Mermaids | 236 |
Kissing | 249 |
On the Sensuality of Looking | 255 |
The Courtship | 261 |
Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting | 112 |
The Origins of Desire | 123 |
Attachment Theory | 131 |
THE NATURE OF LOVE | 137 |
The Neurophysiology of Love | 146 |
The Plastic Brain | 152 |
The Chemistry of Love | 159 |
Aphrodisiacs | 169 |
THE EROTICS OF LOVE | 175 |
The Face | 181 |
The Marriage | 267 |
Of Cocks and Cunts | 277 |
VARIETIES OF LOVE | 287 |
Life and Death in the South Seas | 308 |
On Religious Love | 314 |
On Transference Love | 322 |
The Museum | 332 |
Selected Bibliography | 338 |
Index | 345 |
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