Description
Summary: | Lesel Dawson examines figures afflicted with erotic melancholy in early modern literature and provides a historical context for their malady. She discusses how the literary representation of lovesickness relates to issues of gender and identity, making a contribution to the fields of literature, gender, and medical history.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-236) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199266128 0199266123 0191556092 9780191556098 9780191708688 0191708682 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |