The Tender Passion

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The Tender Passion is a historical study by cultural historian Peter Gay that explores the evolution of romantic love and courtship in Western society.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical study
non-fiction book
about Western cultural norms of romance
historical change in emotional life
author Peter Gay
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfStudy cultural history
history of emotions
history of private life
focusesOn changing courtship practices
evolution of romantic ideals
literary and cultural representations of love
middle-class norms of intimacy
relationship between love and marriage
genre cultural history
history
history of sexuality
social history
hasForm prose
hasPerspective Freudian interpretation
psychohistorical approach
influencedBy intellectual history
psychoanalysis
social history
intendedAudience general readers interested in history of love
scholars
students
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century non-fiction
mainSubject Western society
bourgeois culture
courtship
emotions
gender roles
intimacy
marriage
romantic love
movement history of sexuality scholarship
notableFor linking private emotions to social structures
using historical sources to analyze love
partOf Peter Gay's work on the bourgeois experience
timeSpanCovered early modern period
modern era

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Peter Gay notableWork The Tender Passion
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Education of the Senses relatedWork The Tender Passion
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