{"product_id":"the-secret-wound-9780804750462","title":"The Secret Wound","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a new reading of early modern romance in the light of historically contemporary accounts of mind, and specifically the medical tradition of love-melancholy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this unusual and fruitful study, Wells offers a new reading of early modern romance in the light of historically contemporary accounts of the medical perception of love-melancholy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBook News, INC.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Wound\u003c\/i\u003e is well-written and beautifully researched; its impact will be wide, deep, and across several disciplinary borders. Its trenchant account of the widespread literary phenomenon of love-melancholy will be read with interest by all scholars of the period.\" -- Michael Schoenfeldt * University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-argued book explores the malady of love, that is, the moment when love becomes psychologically unmanageable and turns into delusional disease...This is an ambitious and sharply reasoned book and Marion Wells gives fascinating insights into the courtly and Petrarchan tradition of lovesickness.\" -- \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing, well-reasoned, in-depth exploration of a critical literary component.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a significant and valuable addition to the study of early modern romance and should soon be adopted by fellow researchers as well as in courses dedicated to the genre.\" -- \u003ci\u003eConsciousness, Literature, and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a strong book, which will make a central contribution to the study of early modern literature and to the history of ideas. Wells presents a bold argument, and is a master of classical tradition, allowing her to make novel and impressive claims.\" -- Mary Wack * Washington State University *\u003cbr\u003e\"This fine and noteworthy book... is a significant and valuable addition to the study of early modern romance and should soon be adopted by fellow researchers as well as in courses dedicated to the genre.\" -- \u003ci\u003eConsciousness, Literature and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wells offers a comprehensive account of the medical and psychological tradition of 'love-melancholy' as it evolved from the Greeks through the Renaissance, demonstrating beyond doubt the importance of this cultural trope... This study is an important and much-needed complement to recent work on romance.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS  Acknowledgments\t  Introduction: Love-Melancholy and Early Modern Romance\t1  1. From Amor Hereos to Love-Melancholy: a Medico-Literary History\t34  2. \"Vulnus Caecum\": The Secret Wound of Love-Melancholy\t106  3. \"Solvite Me\": Epic, Romance, and the Poetics of Melancholy in Orlando Furioso   \t165  4. \"Il Primo Error\": Love-Melancholy in Gerusalemme Liberata\t231  5. Rewriting Romance: Arthur's \"Secret Wound\" and the \"Lamentable Lay\" of   Elegy\t300  6. \"The Love-sicke hart\": Female Love-Melancholy and the Romance Quest  \t365  Conclusion: La Belle Dame Sans Merci: Romance and the Dream of 'Language   Strange'\t418  Notes  Bibliograpy\t440  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405559734615,"sku":"9780804750462","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804750462.jpg?v=1730492833","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-secret-wound-9780804750462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}