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Lovesickness and gender in early modern English literature /

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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, gen...

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Main Author: Dawson, Lesel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Lovesickness in literature.
Melancholy in literature.
Women in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Literature and medicine > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and medicine > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine in literature.
Gender identity.
Love.
Depressive Disorder
Medicine in Literature
Gender Identity
Literature, Modern
Love
Women > psychology
England
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
Littérature et médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Littérature et médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine dans la littérature.
Identité de genre.
Amour.
love (emotion)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Early modern
Gender identity in literature
Literature and medicine
Lovesickness in literature
Melancholy in literature
Women in literature
1500-1700
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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