“Éros mélancolique”. La folie d’amour chez les poètes de la fin du XVIe siècle
“Melancholic Eros”. Love Madness in the Late 16thCentury Poetry
Author(s): Véronique FerrerSubject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Health and medicine and law, 16th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: erotic melancholy; love madness; late 16th century poetry; medical knowledge; demonic imaginary;
Summary/Abstract: The article proposes to show how the poets of the late sixteenth century give new energy to the paradigm of love madness that runs through the literary tradition, from the desperate heroes of the Greco-Latin pastoral to the Roland Furious, not forgetting the “fools-for-love” of the courtly Middle Ages, by taking advantage of expanding philosophic-medical knowledge and a demonic imaginary in vogue.
Journal: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 17/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 87-96
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French
