Febris Erotica

Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination

von Valeria Sobol

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

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• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik
• ISBN: 9798897838134
• Sprache: Russisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.02.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Academic Studies Press