The Secret Language of Love

by Tresidder, Megan

• ISBN13: 9780811814096
• ISBN10: 0811814092
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc

Summary

Excerpts from love poetry and literature illuminate the enigma of romance, heartbreak, and physical attraction, while superb full-color images capture every mood of love, from delicate eroticism to the full flood of passion. From the "floating world" of Japanese geishas to the turbulent obsessions of Romanticism, this lavish volume reveals the age-old paradigms of the heart that forever color our feelings, our desires, and our deepest imaginings.

Author Biography

Megan Tresidder is a journalist whose features have appeared in the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, among other publications. She lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(10)
THE ANATOMY OF LOVE	18	(32)
The Genesis of Love	20	(2)
The Meeting of Souls	22	(2)
The Longing for Union	24	(2)
Erotic Love	26	(2)
The Psychology of Love	28	(4)
Portfolio	32	(2)
Portfolio	34	(2)
Love and Beauty	36	(2)
Love and Virtue	38	(2)
Love and Friendship	40	(2)
Illusion and Reality	42	(2)
Love and Loneliness	44	(2)
Portfolio	46	(2)
Portfolio	48	(2)
DIMENSIONS OF THE HEART	50	(32)
Symptoms of Love	52	(2)
First Love	54	(2)
Love's Hesitations	56	(2)
Need and Protection	58	(2)
Unrequited Love	60	(2)
Love and Jealousy	62	(2)
Love Triangles	64	(2)
Portfolio	66	(2)
Portfolio	68	(2)
Love and Madness	70	(2)
Love and Laughter	72	(2)
Lasting Love	74	(2)
Lost Love	76	(2)
Portfolio	78	(2)
Portfolio	80	(2)
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE	82	(36)
The Look of Love	84	(2)
Public and Private	86	(2)
The Music of Love	88	(2)
The Dance of Love	90	(2)
The Foods of Love	92	(2)
Portfolio	94	(2)
Coded Love	96	(2)
Valentines	98	(2)
Messages in Flowers	100	(2)
Tokens of Love	102	(2)
Portfolio	104	(2)
Portfolio	106	(2)
Courtship	108	(2)
The Proposal	110	(2)
The Ring	112	(2)
The Wedding	114	(2)
Portfolio	116	(2)
ARCHETYPES OF LOVE	118	(54)
The God of Love	120	(2)
Goddesses of Love	122	(2)
Love and Magic	124	(2)
The Power of Beauty	126	(2)
The Courtesan	128	(2)
The Image of Desire	130	(2)
The Virgin and the Unicorn	132	(2)
The Beast Adored	134	(2)
The Obstacle	136	(2)
The Prisoner in the Tower	138	(2)
The Knight	140	(2)
Gardens of the Senses	142	(2)
The Mystic Rose	144	(2)
The Kiss	146	(2)
Portfolio	148	(2)
The Night of Love	150	(2)
The Wanderer	152	(2)
The Mirrored Self	154	(2)
The Devourer	156	(2)
The Temptress	158	(2)
The Broken Vow	160	(2)
The Quarrel	162	(2)
The Parting	164	(2)
The Love-Death	166	(2)
The One and Only	168	(2)
The World Well Lost	170	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	172	(3)
INDEX	175	(1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	175