Aesthetics of Melancholia: Medical and Spiritual Diseases in Medieval Iberia
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Place of publication:
Oxford
Date:
2023
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1 online resource (273 pages)
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Englisch
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Abstract:
Explores the intersection between medicine and medieval Iberian literature with a particular emphasis on melancholy and its links to depression and lovesickness.
Intro -- Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Seriespage -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Melancholia and Its Evolution in Thirteenth-Century Iberia -- I MELANCHOLIA AND MADNESS -- 1 ``Mais braadou come cabron'': Madness in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 2 Melancholic Delusions in the Margins of El Conde Lucanor -- II Rabies or Hydrophobia -- 3 Rabid Melancholy in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 4 Fear without Cause and Rabies in Juan Manuel's Exemplo 47 -- III LOVESICKNESS OR AMOR HEREOS -- 5 Disturbances of the Body and the Soul: Love Melancholia in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 6 ``Mano en Mexilla'': The Lovesick Poet in Libro de buen amor -- IV ACEDIA AND MYSTICAL LOVESICKNESS -- 7 Diseases of the Soul in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 8 Writing about Melancholia to Allay Acedia in Libro de buen amor -- 9 Mystical Lovesickness in Cantiga 188 -- Conclusion: Medical Theory and the Emergence of Humanistic Culture -- Bibliography -- Index.
Intro -- Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Seriespage -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Melancholia and Its Evolution in Thirteenth-Century Iberia -- I MELANCHOLIA AND MADNESS -- 1 ``Mais braadou come cabron'': Madness in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 2 Melancholic Delusions in the Margins of El Conde Lucanor -- II Rabies or Hydrophobia -- 3 Rabid Melancholy in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 4 Fear without Cause and Rabies in Juan Manuel's Exemplo 47 -- III LOVESICKNESS OR AMOR HEREOS -- 5 Disturbances of the Body and the Soul: Love Melancholia in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 6 ``Mano en Mexilla'': The Lovesick Poet in Libro de buen amor -- IV ACEDIA AND MYSTICAL LOVESICKNESS -- 7 Diseases of the Soul in Cantigas de Santa Maria -- 8 Writing about Melancholia to Allay Acedia in Libro de buen amor -- 9 Mystical Lovesickness in Cantiga 188 -- Conclusion: Medical Theory and the Emergence of Humanistic Culture -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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2022-12-09
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