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Valeria Sobol 
Febris Erotica 
Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination

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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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Table of Content

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

About the author

Valeria Sobol is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9780295990378 ● File size 1.4 MB ● Publisher University of Washington Press ● City Seattle ● Country US ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4852666 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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