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Love Stories of Later Life: A Narrative Approach to Understanding Romance

Amanda Smith Barusch

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INTRODUCTION: LOVE IN LATER LIFE PART 1: LOVE AND AGE 1. Understanding Love 2. The Aging Self PART 2: LOVE'S ILLUSIONS 3. Infatuation 4. Looking for Love PART 3: LIVED LOVE 5. Committed Relationships 6. Supporting Actors: Family, Friends, and Community PART 4: LOVE'S DISILLUSIONS 7. Betrayal and Rejection 8. Love Lost CONCLUSION: THE ROMANTIC IMAGINATION APPENDIX A: LOVE IN PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE APPENDIX B: THE RESEARCH IN DETAIL

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Key concepts: Infatuation, Betrayal, Romance, Philosophy of love, Love story, Narrative, Illusion, Psychoanalysis