The making of romantic love : longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE / William M. Reddy.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

x, 439 pages ; 24 cm.

includes bibliographical references ( pages 397-427) and index.

The emergence of courtly love in Europe -- Aristocratic speech, the Gregorian reform, and the first troubadour -- Trobairitz and troubadours and the shadow religion -- Narratives of true love and twelfth-century common sense -- Points of comparison -- The Bhakti troubadour : Vaishnavism in twelfth-century Bengal and Orissa -- Elegance and compassion in Heian Japan.