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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782541403321

Autore

Sternberg Robert J

Titolo

Love is a story [[electronic resource] ] : a new theory of relationships / / Robert J. Sternberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-773603-3

0-19-020753-1

1-280-83319-X

9786610833191

0-19-802659-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

152.4/1

158.2

Soggetti

Love

Interpersonal relations

Man-woman relationships

Love - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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