A Treatise on Lovesickness

A critical edition and translation of Ferrands' treatise of 1610 on erotic melancholy, preceded by an introductory essay of nine chapters in which the editors/translators examine the place of erotic ideas in Renaissance culture.

About the author

Donald A. Beecher is associate professor, department of English, Carleton University, and coeditor, with Massimo Ciavolella, of the Carleton Renaissanre Plays in Translation series.

Massimo Ciavolella is professor of Italian, University of Toronto, and editor of Quademi d'italianistica, the journal of the Canadian Society for Italian Studies.

Summary

This is a critical edition of Ferrand's treatise of 1610, on erotic melancholy. It is preceded by nine introductory chapters, in which the editors examine the place of erotic ideas in Renaissance culture.

Product details

• Authors: William N Fenton, William N. Fenton, Jacques Ferrand
• Assisted by: Donald A Beecher (Editor), Donald A. Beecher (Editor), Massimo Ciavolella (Editor), Donald A Beecher (Translation), Massimo Ciavolella (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1994
• EAN: 9780815625322
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-2532-2
• No. of pages: 728
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1165 g
• Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Ha
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories