Author

Publication

2009 - University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

75,000 words, Guess

Page Count

300 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780295988955
  • ISBN-139780295988962
  • ISBN-100295988959
  • ISBN-100295988967
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008048370
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number268797394
  • Better World Books9780295988962
  • Better World Books9780295988955
  • Open LibraryOL22684931M

Classifications

  • DDC891.709/3543
  • LCCPG3015.5.L68 S67 2009
  • LCCPG3015.5.L68S67 2009

Description

"The destructive power of obsessive love was a defining subject of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature. In Febris Erotica, Sobol argues that Russian writers were deeply preoccupied with the nature of romantic relationships and were persistent in their use of lovesickness not simply as a traditional theme but as a way to address pressing philosophical, ethical, and ideological concerns through a recognizable literary trope. Sobol examines stereotypes about the damaging effects of romantic love and offers a short history of the topos of lovesickness in Western literature and medicine." -- Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Literary conjugations

Other Editions

  • Febris erotica: lovesickness in the Russian literary imaginationUniversity of Washington Press2009-01-01

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