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Author:   Judy Kem
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496215208

ISBN 10:   1496215206
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   01 December 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Early Modern Medicine and the Querelle des Femmes 1. Love or Seduction? Christine de Pizan’s Legacy from the Querelle de la Rose to the Querelle des Femmes 2. From Physical to Spiritual Love: Molinet’s Romant de la rose moralisé (1500) and the Querelle des Femmes 3. Platonic Love, Marriage, and Infertility in Symphorien Champier’s Nef des princes (1502) and Nef des dames (1503) 4. Love and Death in Lemaire’s Couronne Margaritique and the Trois contes de Cupido et d’Atropos: Excessive Grief and the Great Pox 5. Fatal Lovesickness in Marguerite de Navarre’s Quatre dames et quatre gentilzhommes and the Heptaméron Conclusion: From Courtly Love to Fatal Lovesickness Appendix 1: Works in the Querelle de la Rose and the Querelle des Femmes (1240–1673) Appendix 2: Major Early Modern Medical Authorities, Translators, and Commentators Notes Bibliography Index

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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 -- Leanna Bridge Rezvani An important and engaging book, Pathologies of Love 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 -- Nancy Frelick

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Judy Kem is a professor of French at Wake Forest University. She is editor or author of three books in French studies.    

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