A vindication of love : reclaiming romance for the twenty-first century

Nehring, Cristina (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0060765038
ISBN: 9780060765033
Physical Description: viii, 328 p. ; 22 cm.
print
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-318) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Women in love -- Cupid doffs his blindfold : love as wisdom -- The power of power differentials : love as inequality -- The blade between us : love as transgression -- There must be two before there can be one : love as absence -- "On my blood I'll carry you away" : love as heroism -- "Anonymous except for injury" : love as failure -- Carving in the flesh : love as art -- Epilogue: Waging love : toward a new definition of eros.