Love Is a Story : A New Theory of Relationships.
Title:
Love Is a Story : A New Theory of Relationships.
Author:
Sternberg, Robert J.
ISBN:
9780198026594
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 pages)
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 -- The Teacher-Student Story -- The Sacrifice Story -- The Government Story -- The Police Story -- The Pornography Story -- The Horror Story -- Object Stories -- PERSON AS OBJECT -- RELATIONSHIP AS OBJECT -- Coordination Stories -- The Travel Story -- The Sewing and Knitting Story -- The Garden Story -- The Business Story -- The Addiction Story -- Narrative Stories -- The Fantasy Story -- The History Story -- The Science Story -- The Cookbook Story -- Genre Stories -- The War Story -- The Theater Story -- The Humor Story -- The Mystery Story -- III: IMPLICATIONS -- Testing the Story View -- What Is Love? -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this groundbreaking work, Robert Sternberg opens the book of love and shows you how to discover your own story--and how to read your relationships in a whole new light. What draws us so strongly to some people and repels us from others? What makes some relationships work so smoothly and others burst into flames? Sternberg gives us new answers to these questions by showing that the kind of relationship we create depends on the kind of love stories we carry inside us. Drawing on extensive research and fascinating examples of real couples, Sternberg identifies 26 types of love story--including the fantasy story, the business story, the collector story, the horror story, and many others--each with its distinctive advantages and pitfalls, and many of which are clashingly incompatible. These are the largely unconscious preconceptions that guide our romantic choices, and it is only by becoming aware of the kind of story we have about love that we gain the freedom to create more fulfilling and lasting relationships. As long as we remain oblivious to the role our stories play, we are likely to repeat the same mistakes again and again. But the enlivening good news this book brings us is that though our stories drive us, we can revise them and learn to choose partners whose stories are more compatible with our own. Quizzes in each chapter help you to see which stories you identify with most strongly and which apply to your partner. Are you a traveler, a gardener, a teacher, or something else entirely? Love is a Story shows you how to find out.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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