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Record Number:
2010
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Riva , Massimo.
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Title:
Hereos/Eleos. L'Ambivalente terapia del mal d'amore nel libro "Chiamato Decameron cognominato prencipe Galeotto" [Boccaccio's "Decameron" can be understood as a literary remedy for lovesickness. Medieval medicine located this illness in the brain, not the heart, expecting it to manifest itself more often in women whose nature was moist. Men, however, with their drier humors, suffered more once their passions were aroused. Boccaccio found love's remedy in stories relating its potentially harmful delights. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Italian Quarterly 37, (Winter-Fall 2000): Pages 69 - 106.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, Author- Decameron
Humors, Medical Concept
Lovesickness
Medicine
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
14
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Abstract:
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Author's Affiliation:
Brown University
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2000.
Language:
Italian
ISSN/ISBN:
00212954