The Culture of Love

Victorians to Moderns

Stephen Kern

    1. Waiting

    2. Meeting

    3. Encounter

    4. Embodiment

    5. Desire

    6. Language

    7. Disclosure

    8. Kissing

    9. Gender

    10. Power

    11. Others

    12. Jealousy

    13. Selfhood

    14. Proposal

    15. Wedding

    16. Sex

    17. Marriage

    18. Ending

    Conclusion

    Appendix. Ages of Fictional Characters

    Primary Works Cited

    Notes

    List of Illustrations

    List of Fictional Characters

    Index

  • Cover: The Culture of Love
  • A photo of the author

Stephen Kern is Professor of History at Ohio State University.