{"product_id":"pathologies-of-love-9781496215208","title":"Pathologies of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePathologies of Love\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role of medicine in the debate on women, known as the \u003ci\u003equerelle des femmes\u003c\/i\u003e, in early modern France. Questions concerning women’s physical makeup and its psychological and moral consequences played an integral role in the querelle. This debate on the status of women and their role in society began in the fifteenth century and continued through the sixteenth and, as many critics would say, well beyond.In querelle works early modern medicine, women’s sexual difference, literary reception, and gendered language often merge. Literary authors perpetuated medical ideas such as the notion of allegedly fatal lovesickness, and physicians published works that included disquisitions on the moral nature of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePathologies of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Judy Kem looks at the writings of Christine de Pizan, Jean Molinet, Symphorien Champier, Jean Lemaire de Belges, and Marguerite de Navarre, examining the role of received medical ideas in t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This study offers insight into the interlocking domains of literary history, medicine and gender in early modern France.\"—Alexandra Verini, \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An important and engaging book, \u003ci\u003ePathologies of Love\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role played by received ideas on erotic diseases—from lovesickness to syphilis—in the early modern debates known as the querelle des femmes. . . . Accessible, thought provoking, and informative, this volume will prove essential reading for anyone interested in early modern medicine, gender studies, and literature.”—Nancy Frelick, associate professor of French studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“The volume’s careful study of subjects as diverse as courtly love, early modern medicine’s perceptions of women, and questions of interpretation of sixteenth-century discourse and literature is a substantial and welcome contribution to the existing scholarship on women and their evolving role in early modern society.”—Leanna Bridge Rezvani, Department of Global Studies and Languages at MIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Early Modern Medicine and the Querelle des Femmes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Love or Seduction? Christine de Pizan’s Legacy from the Querelle de la Rose to the Querelle des Femmes\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Physical to Spiritual Love: Molinet’s \u003ci\u003eRomant de la rose moralisé\u003c\/i\u003e (1500) and the Querelle des Femmes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Platonic Love, Marriage, and Infertility in Symphorien Champier’s \u003ci\u003eNef des princes\u003c\/i\u003e (1502) and \u003ci\u003eNef des dames\u003c\/i\u003e (1503)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Love and Death in Lemaire’s \u003ci\u003eCouronne Margaritique\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTrois contes de Cupido et d’Atropos\u003c\/i\u003e: Excessive Grief and the Great Pox\u003cbr\u003e 5. Fatal Lovesickness in Marguerite de Navarre’s \u003ci\u003eQuatre dames et quatre gentilzhommes\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHeptaméron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Courtly Love to Fatal Lovesickness\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Works in the Querelle de la Rose and the Querelle des Femmes (1240–1673)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Major Early Modern Medical Authorities, Translators, and Commentators\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409226867031,"sku":"9781496215208","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496215208.jpg?v=1730506038","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pathologies-of-love-9781496215208","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}