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Portrayals of Romantic Deception to the Masses: An Analysis of Classic and Contemporary Arts, Modern Technologies, and Empirical Literature

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As with most universal experiences, romantic deception has long been the inspiration for creative works, including literary classics and paintings that date back several centuries, as well as modern television, film, and literature. The dynamics of romantic deception have further evolved with recent developments in technology, such that modern communication outlets increase the opportunities for romantic deception. In this chapter, we discuss both classic and contemporary portrayals of romantic deception across literature, arts, and communication outlets and present an empirically informed analysis of romantic deception based on psychological research.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Maria Espinola

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Neslihan James-Kangal

  3. Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Mar Gámez García

  4. Florida College of Integrative Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA

    Natalie Odisho

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Lening Alexis Olivera-Figueroa

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Espinola, M., James-Kangal, N., García, M.G., Odisho, N., Olivera-Figueroa, L.A. (2019). Portrayals of Romantic Deception to the Masses: An Analysis of Classic and Contemporary Arts, Modern Technologies, and Empirical Literature. In: Docan-Morgan, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96334-1_45

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