Dorothy Tennov (August 29, 1928-February 3, 2007) was an American psychologist who studied romantic love. Dorothy coined the term 'limerence' for her 1979 book, Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love, to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the mid-1960s.
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First released more than forty years ago, Love and Limerence has become a classic in the psychology of emotion. As relevent today as it was then, this book offers insight into love, infatuation, madness, and all flavors of emotion in between.