Love is a story : a new theory of relationships / Robert J. Sternberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sternberg, Robert J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Case studies.

Love.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author asserts that the kind of relationship we create is dependent on the kind of story we carry inside us. He identifies 26 of these love stories, each with distinct advantages and pitfalls, and many of which are clashingly incompatible.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; I: THE STORIES WE TELL; Love as a Story; Our Multiple Stones of Love; Story Elements; Some Kinds of Stories; Where Do Stories Come From, and Where Can They Go?; II: LOVE STORIES; Asymmetrical Stories; Object Stories; Coordination Stories; Narrative Stories; Genre Stories; III: IMPLICATIONS; Testing the Story View; What Is Love?; NOTES; INDEX;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-773603-3

0-19-020753-1

1-280-83319-X

9786610833191

0-19-802659-5

OCLC:

435937761