for J.T. Lee

jon,

forgive me if you are already familiar with this person, but do you know of Mademoiselle de Scudéry or Madame de Scudery? she's a french author and in her writing, namely Clélie, she maps the stages of a love story. there is a physical map by the title Carte du pays de Tendre (map of the land of tenderness) appearing in the mentioned work, however i came upon it in Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus on page 169.

i remember you did have a text with the love story dissected or mapped but i wasn't sure if this was the one...hopefully this is new to you.