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Oxford University Press Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature

Name: Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Explore the connection between medical history and literary expression in Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature. Published by Oxford University Press, this scholarly work examines how intense, unfulfilled erotic desire was treated as a real and virulent disease in early modern medical texts. Classified as a form of melancholy, these medical perspectives had specific physical causes and known cures that shaped the era's understanding of the human body. Author Lesel Dawson provides a deep analysis of how these medical ideas influenced literary representations of desire. The book investigates how desire takes root in the body and how gender roles are expressed or challenged during courtship. By examining the psychic pains and pleasures of frustrated passion, this text offers a detailed look at how gender and identity were shaped by the medical theories of the time. It is an essential resource for readers interested in the relationship between women's lovesickness and the broader social and medical frameworks of early modern England.

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Examines how early modern medical texts classified intense erotic desire as a physical disease and a species of melancholy.

Analyzes literary representations of lovesickness to understand how medical ideas about desire influenced period writing.

Explores the ways gender roles are encoded and contested within the context of courtship and social interaction.

Investigates the relationship between physical etiologies and the psychic experiences of frustrated passion.

Provides academic insight into how desire is believed to take root in the human body according to historical medical views.

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Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0199266123
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 September 2008
Listed Since: 15 February 2008

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