《Love》

INTRODUCTION9

Biographical Background9

Background to De l＇Amour11

Métilde12

The Book De l＇Amour15

The Text22

Suggestions for Further Reading22

Preface to the First Edition23

First Attempt at a Preface25

Second Attempt at a Preface31

Final Preface33

BOOK ONE41

1．On Love43

2．Concerning the Birth of Love45

3．Concerning Hope48

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6．the Salzburg Bough51

7．Concerning the Different Beginnings of Love for the Two Sexes53

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12．Crystallization Continued59

13．Concerning the First Step，High Society，Misfortunes61

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17．Beauty Usurped by Love66

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19．Beauty＇s Limitations Further Discussed68

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21．Concerning ＇First Sight＇71

22．Concerning Infatuation73

23．Concerning ＇Thunderbolts＇73

24．Journey into an Unknown Country76

25．The Introduction81

26．Concerning Modesty82

27．Concerning Glances88

28．Concerning Feminine Pride89

29．Concerning Women＇s Courage95

30．A Strange and Sorry Spectacle97

31．Extract from Salviati＇s Diary98

32．Concerning Intimacy104

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34．Concerning Confidences109

35．Concerning Jealousy111

36．More Concerning Jealousy116

37．Roxana118

38．Concerning Wounded Self-Esteem119

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(i) Love at Loggerheads124

(ii) Cures for Love128

(iii)130

BOOK TWO133

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41．Concerning the Love-Life of Nations - France137

42．More Concerning France140

43．Italy142

44．Rome145

45．England146

46．England (continued)149

47．Spain152

48．Love in Germany154

49．A Day in Florence158

50．Love in the United States163

51．Love in Provence，before the Conquest of Toulouse by Northern Barbarians in 1328165

52．Provence in the Twelfth Century169

53．Arabia174

Fragments from the Divan of Love177

54．Concerning the Education of Women181

55．Objections to Education for Women184

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(i) Continuation191

(ii) Concerning Marriage194

57．Concerning What is Called Virtue196

58．Marriage - The Position in Europe197

Switzerland200

59．Werther and Don Juan204

60．Concerning Fiascos212

Various Fragments217

APPENDIX273

Concerning Courts of Love275

The Salzburg Bough284

Ernestine or The Birth of Love293

An Example of Love among the Wealthy Class in France315