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A Treatise on Lovesickness - (Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Hardcover)) by Jacques Ferrand (Paperback)

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  • Originally published in Toulouse in French in 1610, this translation of the 1623 edition of Ferrand's treatise, Of Lovesickness or Erotic Melancholy: A Scientific Discourse that teaches how to know the essence, causes, signs, and remedies of this disease of the fantasy, is a veritable summa on the topic of erotomania in the late Renaissance.
  • About the Author: Donald A. Beecher is associate professor, department of English, Carleton University, and coeditor, with Massimo Ciavolella, of the Carleton Renaissanre Plays in Translation series.
  • 728 Pages
  • Social Science, Sociology
  • Series Name: Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Hardcover)

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Originally published in Toulouse in French in 1610, this translation of the 1623 edition of Ferrand's treatise, Of Lovesickness or Erotic Melancholy: A Scientific Discourse that teaches how to know the essence, causes, signs, and remedies of this disease of the fantasy, is a veritable summa on the topic of erotomania in the late Renaissance.

As both a philosopher and a practicing physician, Ferrand saw his treatise as a medical book to help people, indeed to "cure" them of "the most frequent and most dangerous disease which threatens mortals of both sexes." In order to explore the nature and cure of the "disease," it was necessary for Ferrand to make frequent detours through chapters dealing with heredity, astrology, the interpretation of dreams, incubi and succubi, and love philters as they relate to the nature and diagnosis of erotic love.

Ferrand takes up questions concerning the diseases of women, hysteria and satyriasis, real and putative sex changes, and the cures for sterility and impotence that can lead to marital breakdown. In fact, under the general heading of a history of lovesickness, one can actually find in Ferrand five related histories: medicine, mental health, psychiatry, feminine sexuality, and pharmacy--all of which he documents copiously from over three hundred authors, from classical sources to church fathers to naturalists.

In their exhaustive analysis of nearly two thousand marginal references, the editors have identified and expanded Ferrand's sources, many of which are either little known or relatively inaccessible today. Their annotations and
commentaries provide a goldmine of research materials for the specialist in medieval and Renaissance studies. Combined with Ferrand's text, this critical edition of a seventeenth-century masterpiece presents erotic melancholy as one of the received ideas of the Renaissance and examines its place in the history of thought.



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'An exemplary critical edition of Ferrand's treatise of 1610 on erotic melancholy, preceded by an introductory essay (of nine chapters) in which they examine the place of erotic ideas in Renaissance culture.....A compendium of 2,000 years of ideas about love.' - The Times Literary Supplement



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A monumental work of scholarship.-- "Mary F. Wack, The Bulletin of the History of Medicine"

An exemplary critical edition of Ferrand's treatise of 1610 on erotic melancholy, preceded by an introductory essay (of nine chapters) in which they examine the place of erotic ideas in Renaissance culture. . . . A compendium of 2,000 years of ideas about love.-- "The Times Literary Supplement"

An impressive tome that marks indeed a milestone in our knowledge of sexology.-- "Renaissancee Quarterly"

Ferrand was one of the last great encyclopedists, and we owe a huge debt to the two distinguished scholars who have undertaken the immense task of translating and editing his engaging treatise. . . . A unique summa on erotomania and a work destined to become a classic.-- "English Studies in Canada"

The welcome appearance of this fine edition whets the appetite for a full investigation of the subsequent history of the medical discourse on the erotic.-- "Medical History"

Whatever their field (medicine, astrology, Petrarchan poetry) and whatever the literature/culture which they are studying (French, Italian, English), all scholars will find A Treatise on Lovesickness of immense value.-- "Modem Language Review"



About the Author



Donald A. Beecher is associate professor, department of English, Carleton University, and coeditor, with Massimo Ciavolella, of the Carleton Renaissanre Plays in Translation series.

Massimo Ciavolella is professor of Italian, University of Toronto, and editor of Quademi d'italianistica, the journal of the Canadian Society for Italian Studies.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.03 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.13 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 728
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Sociology
Series Title: Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Hardcover)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Jacques Ferrand
Language: French
Street Date: May 1, 1994
TCIN: 91573725
UPC: 9780815625322
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-2723
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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