Lovesickness and gender in early modern English literature /
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Author / Creator: | Dawson, Lesel. |
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Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
Description: | 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7528168 |
Table of 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