Romantic love has an adaptive function in human evolution. It increases reproductive success in sexual relations between men and women through the hormone of love. The evolution of animal and human bonding results in the evolution of love hormones. When … Continue reading
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How “Romantic Love” Conquered Literary Fiction
The article reviews the findings of recent studies on how the idea of romantic love appears in literary fiction in many cultures across the world. What the Early Scholars of Love Believed Researchers of literary history once believed romantic love … Continue reading
Who Invented “Romantic Love”?
A great variety of feelings, emotions, motivations, dispositions, traits, and values represent people’s experiences of love. Romantic love includes certain cultural ideas, beliefs, storylines, narrative schemes, and emotions. There are two realms in which romantic love exists: the realm of … Continue reading
Modern and Traditional Models of Relationships in Spain
Interest in love studies has been on the rise among Spanish researchers in recent decades. Scholars explored the general processes of love relationships and culturally specific aspects of Spanish cultural models of love (Karandashev, 2019, 2022). Let us look at … Continue reading
The Italian Romantic Hero as an Ideal Latin Lover
This article on the website presents the recent study of Francesca Pierini, a lecturer from the University of Basel, Switzerland, as well as many other scholarly and literary examples of romantic ideals of male heroes. The author’s literary exploration described … Continue reading