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UNINA9910451970803321 |
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Autore |
Wells Marion A |
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Titolo |
The secret wound [[electronic resource] ] : love-melancholy and early modern romance / / Marion A. Wells |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8047-6744-0 |
1-4356-0879-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Love in literature |
Lovesickness in literature |
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-351) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Love-Melancholy and Early Modern Romance -- 1. From Amor hereos to Love-Melancholy: A Medico-Literary History -- 2. Vulnus caecum: The Secret Wound of Love-Melancholy -- 3. Solvite me: Epic, Romance, and the Poetics of Melancholy in the Orlando Furioso -- 4. Il primo error: Love-Melancholy and Romance in the Gerusalemme Liberata -- 5. Rewriting Romance: Arthur’s “Secret Wound” and the “Lamentable Lay” of Elegy -- 6. “The Love-sicke hart”: Female Love-Melancholy and the Romance Quest -- Conclusion: La Belle Dame Sans Merci: Romance and the Dream of “Language Strange” -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Offers a reading of early modern romance in the light of historically contemporary accounts of mind, and specifically the medical tradition of love-melancholy. This book establishes a detailed historical basis for investigating the psychological structure of romance. It investigates the central critical problem of early modern subjectivity. |
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