Lesel Dawson examines figures afflicted with erotic melancholy in early modern literature and provides a historical context for their malady. She discusses how the literary representation of lovesickness relates to wider issues of gender and identity, making an important contribution to the to the fields of literature, gender, and medical history.
Lesel Dawson examines figures afflicted with erotic melancholy in early modern literature and provides a historical context for their malady. She discusses how the literary representation of lovesickness relates to wider issues of gender and identity, making an important contribution to the to the fields of literature, gender, and medical history.
Lesel Dawson is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction: Sweet Poison * 1: 'My Love is as a Fever': Medical Constructions of Desire in Early Modern England * 2: 'A Thirsty Womb': Lovesickness, Green Sickness, Hysteria, and Uterine Fury * 3: Beyond Ophelia: The Anatomy of Female Melancholy * 4: Lovesickness and Neoplatonism * 5: 'Griefs Will Have their Vent': Physical and Psychological Remedies for Lovesickness * 6: Menstruation, Misogyny, and the Cure for Love * Bibliography * Index
* Introduction: Sweet Poison * 1: 'My Love is as a Fever': Medical Constructions of Desire in Early Modern England * 2: 'A Thirsty Womb': Lovesickness, Green Sickness, Hysteria, and Uterine Fury * 3: Beyond Ophelia: The Anatomy of Female Melancholy * 4: Lovesickness and Neoplatonism * 5: 'Griefs Will Have their Vent': Physical and Psychological Remedies for Lovesickness * 6: Menstruation, Misogyny, and the Cure for Love * Bibliography * Index
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