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The first in a three-part series looking at human emotions which, in extreme, can make life painful, even dangerous, to live. This part focuses on anger and follows the story of Kelly, whose jealous rows with her boyfriend Nick drive her to tears and violence. We see them as they go to their first Relate therapy session which reveals how much of Kelly's problem actually stems from Nick. 61-year-old Val stalks her ex-husband and his new lover. Her jealousy is ruining her life and she takes the drastic step of leaving the country and moving to Tenerife. Gordon talks about how he felt when he discovered his children were not his own and the fit of jealous rage which led him to his rival's house. Each one of their stories charts in day-to-day detail the pain and destructiveness of extreme jealousy.

Dangerous passions. Series One, Part One, Jealousy.

Popular wisdom might suggest that jealousy is an invevitable outcome of non-monogamous relationships. In Love's Refraction, Jillian Deri explores the distinctive question of how and why polyamorists -people who practise consensual non-monogamy -manage jealousy. Her focus is on the polyamorist concept of "compersion" -taking pleasure in a lover's other romantic and sexual encounters. By discussing the experiences of queer, lesbian, and bisexual polyamorous women, Deri highlights the social and structural context that surrounds jealousy. Her analysis, making use of the sociology of emotion and feminist intersectionality theory, shows how polyamory challenges traditional emotional and sexual norms.

Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.7 x 15.7 cm

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

1 print : etching, in sanguine ; platemark 24.6 x 20.3 cm

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy / Peter van Sommers.

Eighteenth Century collections online

Reflexions on courtship and marriage. In two letters to a friend. Wherein a practicable plan is laid down for obtaining and securing conjugal felicity. To which is annexed, A letter to a very young lady on her marriage. By Dr. Swift. With two discourses on jealousy. By the Right Hon. Joseph Addison, Esq;

Le Brun's depiction of the passions is supported by his theory of the passions, which is delineated in the 'Conférence'. In Cartesian style, each compound passion is an organisation of the six simple passions of admiration, love, hatred, desire, joy and sadness. For instance, jealousy is a composite of love and hate; despair "is a strong persuasion of not being able to obtain what we desire"

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 25 x 18.8 cm

A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy in children : a guide for parents / [Edmund Allan Ziman].

Bible. O.T. Proverbs 6.34. The print illustrates the moral of chapter six of the Book of Proverbs: that while no man despises a thief, "whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul./ A wound and dishonour shall he get" (6.32-33)

1 print : line engraving ; image 17.7 x 14.6 cm

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Dangerous passions. Series One, Part One, Jealousy.

Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy / Peter van Sommers.

A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy in children : a guide for parents / [Edmund Allan Ziman].

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword. Engraving.

A woman dying of jealousy is cured by the apostles. Etching by G. Canuti after G. da Treviso.

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Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy / Peter van Sommers.

A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy in children : a guide for parents / [Edmund Allan Ziman].

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword. Engraving.

A woman dying of jealousy is cured by the apostles. Etching by G. Canuti after G. da Treviso.

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