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Febris Erotica Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination

Sobol Valeria
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780295988955
Publisert
2009-11-06
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Washington Press
Vekt
635 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter
Sobol Valeria

Om bidragsyterne

Valeria Sobol is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois.

Febris Erotica Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination

Sobol Valeria
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk
Sobol Valeria
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk
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<p>"One of the great contributions Sobol makes is her attention to the mutual influence of the languages of science and literature."</p>

- Lonny Harrison, Canadian Slavonic Papers

<p>"One of the book's key strengths, its full-blooded engagement with the scientific contexts that inform the (mostly) novels at hand, shows Sobol to be of the best sort of humanities scholar, not fighting shy of the 'extraneous' intellectual matter that underpins creative praxis."</p>

- B.D. Morgan, Slavonic and East European Review

<p>"In this excellent study, Valeria Sobol explains its [lovesickness] central importance first in the west (starting with ancient Greek culture), and then in different Russian literary movements from its entrance into Russia in the Petrine period….The book alternates between close textual analysis and literary history so as to situate each text and author within a mostly vanished past."</p>

Slavic Review

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<p>"In this book, Valeria Sobol takes a well known fact—that 'lovesickness' plays a significant role in the Russian literary imagination— and makes it the nexus of a fertile study with stunning depth and breadth. . . . The book is so rich and full of information, and written in such clear and masterful prose. . . come away with understanding Russian literary culture in new and profound ways."</p>

The Russian Review

<p>"Throughout the book is well grounded in both Greek and early modern philosophy and in relevant psychological and medical theories of the 19th century."</p>

Choice

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/
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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.
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations Introduction: Cases in HistoryPART I / ANATOMY1. The Anatomy of Feeling and the Mind-Body Problem in Russian Sentimentalism PART II / DIAGNOSTICS2. Diagnosing Love: Tradition3. "Febris Erotica" in Herzen's Who Is to Blame? 4. An Ordinary Story: Goncharov's Romantic Patients PART III / THERAPY5. The "Question of the Soul" in the Age of Positivism6. What Is to Be Done about a Lovesick Woman? Chernyshevsky's Treatment 7. From Lovesickness to Shamesickness: Tolstoy's SolutionAfterwordNotes Works Cited Index
Les mer
"Febris Erotica is a fine, well—researched, and lucidly written examination of representations of lovesickness in eighteenth— and nineteenth century Russian literature, with a brief excursion into the seventeenth century."
Les mer
Febris Erotica is a fine, well-researched, and lucidly written examination of representations of lovesickness in eighteenth- and nineteenth century Russian literature, with a brief excursion into the seventeenth century. -- Ilya Vinitsky, University of Pennsylvania Deftly weaving together literary, intellectual, cultural, and medical history, Sobol makes a convincing case that the 'lovesickness' topos is an important and exceptionally productive prism for exploring a whole constellation of thorny issues and debates that were played out in fascinating detail in Russian literature and culture from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. -- Thomas Newlin, Oberlin College
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<p>"One of the great contributions Sobol makes is her attention to the mutual influence of the languages of science and literature."</p>

- Lonny Harrison, Canadian Slavonic Papers

<p>"One of the book's key strengths, its full-blooded engagement with the scientific contexts that inform the (mostly) novels at hand, shows Sobol to be of the best sort of humanities scholar, not fighting shy of the 'extraneous' intellectual matter that underpins creative praxis."</p>

- B.D. Morgan, Slavonic and East European Review

<p>"In this excellent study, Valeria Sobol explains its [lovesickness] central importance first in the west (starting with ancient Greek culture), and then in different Russian literary movements from its entrance into Russia in the Petrine period….The book alternates between close textual analysis and literary history so as to situate each text and author within a mostly vanished past."</p>

Slavic Review

Se alle

<p>"In this book, Valeria Sobol takes a well known fact—that 'lovesickness' plays a significant role in the Russian literary imagination— and makes it the nexus of a fertile study with stunning depth and breadth. . . . The book is so rich and full of information, and written in such clear and masterful prose. . . come away with understanding Russian literary culture in new and profound ways."</p>

The Russian Review

<p>"Throughout the book is well grounded in both Greek and early modern philosophy and in relevant psychological and medical theories of the 19th century."</p>

Choice

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/
Les mer
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.
Les mer
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations Introduction: Cases in HistoryPART I / ANATOMY1. The Anatomy of Feeling and the Mind-Body Problem in Russian Sentimentalism PART II / DIAGNOSTICS2. Diagnosing Love: Tradition3. "Febris Erotica" in Herzen's Who Is to Blame? 4. An Ordinary Story: Goncharov's Romantic Patients PART III / THERAPY5. The "Question of the Soul" in the Age of Positivism6. What Is to Be Done about a Lovesick Woman? Chernyshevsky's Treatment 7. From Lovesickness to Shamesickness: Tolstoy's SolutionAfterwordNotes Works Cited Index
Les mer
"Febris Erotica is a fine, well—researched, and lucidly written examination of representations of lovesickness in eighteenth— and nineteenth century Russian literature, with a brief excursion into the seventeenth century."
Les mer
Febris Erotica is a fine, well-researched, and lucidly written examination of representations of lovesickness in eighteenth- and nineteenth century Russian literature, with a brief excursion into the seventeenth century. -- Ilya Vinitsky, University of Pennsylvania Deftly weaving together literary, intellectual, cultural, and medical history, Sobol makes a convincing case that the 'lovesickness' topos is an important and exceptionally productive prism for exploring a whole constellation of thorny issues and debates that were played out in fascinating detail in Russian literature and culture from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. -- Thomas Newlin, Oberlin College
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780295988955
Publisert
2009-11-06
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Washington Press
Vekt
635 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter
Sobol Valeria

Om bidragsyterne

Valeria Sobol is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois.

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