Two studies examined the association between depressive symptoms and romantic involvement in adolescence and tested the hypothesis that romantic involvement is associated more strongly with symptoms among adolescents who have a more preoccupied style of relating, compared to adolescents who have a less preoccupied style of relating. Study 1 (N1⁄4 96 early adolescent females) examined concurrent...

It was proposed that parental divorce does not have a uniform effect on young adults’ romantic relationships and that differential outcomes depend on how young adults perceive their parents’ divorce. Using a sample of 571 young adults, structural equation modeling suggested that, compared with those from intact families, young adults whose parents divorced held a more favorable attitude toward ...

Does current research on the Classical sonata apply to Romantic modifications of the form? Although Hepokoski and Darcy amply demonstrate the increasing frequency of ambiguous or missing points of sectional closure, they do not address the possibility that this " extreme " and " unthinkable " Classical technique might not bear the same weight in the Romantic sonata. Even a cursory examination o...

This paper discusses ideal romantic love as it appears in Western literature and how women are portrayed in works containing idealistic romantic plots. It also explores how Canadian author Margaret Atwood rejects the traditional love plot in her novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as in her book of poetry Power Politics and the poem “A Woman’s Issue.” The first section of this paper gives a bri...

This essay analyzes the connection between Nietzsche’s philosophy and contemporary transhumanism, on the basis of his Apollonian-Dionysian dichotomy and how it articulated in lateRomantic European culture. Nietzsche’s personal insanity, and the morbidity of the Romantic Movement in general, can serve as a warning of what transhumanism might become if it overemphasizes individualism. Nietzsche’s...