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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lesel Dawson |
ISBN: | 0199266123 9780199266128 |
OCLC Number: | 605445962 |
Description: | 244 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 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 |
Responsibility: | Lesel Dawson. |
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an important contribution to the flourishing field of the history of emotions * Katharine Craik, Times Literary Supplement *
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