Title: Febris erotica
Subtitle: lovesickness in the Russian literary imagination
First published: 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: History and criticism, Love in literature, Russian literature, Lovesickness in literature, Russian literature, history and criticism
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PG3015.5.L68 S67 2009