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Informationen zum Autor Valeria Sobol Klappentext 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. Read an interview with the author: http://www.rorotoko.com/index.php/article/valeria_sobol_interview_febris_erotica_lovesickness_russian_literary_imagin/ Zusammenfassung Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature! examining what underlies the stereotype about the destructive power of romantic love and why Russian writers so willingly employ this cliche. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations Introduction: Cases in History PART I / ANATOMY 1. The Anatomy of Feeling and the Mind-Body Problem in Russian Sentimentalism PART II / DIAGNOSTICS 2. Diagnosing Love: Tradition 3. " Febris Erotica " in Herzen's Who Is to Blame? 4. An Ordinary Story: Goncharov's Romantic Patients PART III / THERAPY 5. The "Question of the Soul" in the Age of Positivism 6. What Is to Be Done about a Lovesick Woman? Chernyshevsky's Treatment 7. From Lovesickness to Shamesickness: Tolstoy's Solution Afterword Notes Works Cited Index
