Febris Erotica
Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19990095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valeria Sobol (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 300 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Febris erotica (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press (PUBLISHER) |
| OpenAlex | W654247682 |
| ISBN | 9780295988955 |
| Open Library | OL22684931M |
| Language | EN |
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
Art · Blame · Epistemology · Feeling · Index (typography) · Linguistics · Literature · Romance · Soul · Theology · Transliteration · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · 19th century · History and criticism · Love in literature · Lovesickness in literature · Russian literature · Russian literature, history and criticism
| Highly cited | No |
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