Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: A Brief History of Love I Romance 1 Romance in the Romance and the Novel 2 Romancing Marriage: Advice Books and the Crisis 3 Marriage as Adultery: Hollywood Romance and the Screwball Comedy 4 Power Struggles: Casablanca and Gone with the Wind II Intimacy 5 Talking Cures: The Discourse of Intimacy 6 Relationship Stories 7 Marriage Fiction Conclusion: Other Media, Other Discourses: The Crisis Continues Notes Index About the Author

About the Author

David Shumway is Professor of English and Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, and author of Michel Foucault, among others.

Reviews

"An extremely valuable contribution to the history of that supposedly timeless ideal, the intimate relationship." --, author of The Wedding Complex - Elizabeth Freeman, author of The Wedding Complex "A wide-ranging and beautifully dialectical analysis of the modern discourses on love and intimacy. David Shumway overturns some of the usual assumptions about romantic love and, in the process makes original, often surprising observations about literature, movies, pop music, self-help books, and a variety of other texts. Modern Love is a pleasure to read, and it contributes significantly to our understanding of modernity." --James Naremore, Indiana University "Fascinating and timely." --Intams Review "An extremely valuable contribution to the history of that supposedly timeless ideal, the intimate relationship." --Elizabeth Freeman, author of The Wedding Complex "A cultural study of love and marriage in fiction and film rather than a history of recent marriage, Modern Love illuminates the complexities of an important recent development in American marital ideals." --The Journal of American History