Lovesickness and gender in early modern English literature /

Lovesickness and gender in early modern English literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dawson, Lesel.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Lovesickness in literature. Melancholy in literature. Women in literature. Gender identity in literature. Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 16th century. Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century. English literature -- Early modern. Gender identity in literature. Literature and medicine. Lovesickness in literature. Melancholy in literature. Women in literature. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7528168

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ISBN:	9780199266128 0199266123
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-236) and index.

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