InhaltsangabePreface ix 1 The Catastrophe of the Wedding Night 1 2 Divorce, a 'Judaic Poison' 8 3 The Nuptial Utopia 15 4 From Forbidden Love to Obligatory Love 21 5 The Pathologies of the Ideal 28 6 Honey and Hemlock 35 7 The Round of Disappointed Lovers 40 8 Towards Separation in a State of Euphoria? 44 9 A Ministry of Broken Hearts? 50 10 An Agony Amidst Glory 57 11 The Liberating Tradition 62 12 Restoring Reason to Sentiment 68 13 Together, Separated 75 14 The Defeat of Prometheus 79 The Sweetness of Life 8