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**Valeria Sobol – Febris Erotica: Love as Illness in Russian Literature** Available now for 2123.00 RUR
Dive into a compelling study of love’s fever in Russian literary tradition. Valeria Sobol examines the enduring trope of love as a disease in late 18th- and 19th-century Russian literature, focusing on its surprising epistemological potential. Rather than dismissing this as a mere cultural cliché, Sobol reveals how the motif of “love sickness” served as a sophisticated literary device.
Drawing on a rich corpus of literary works, medical publications, and journalistic texts, the author demonstrates how writers used the love-as-illness metaphor to grapple with the most pressing questions of their era: the relationship between soul and body, the burgeoning movement for women’s emancipation, and the rising influence of positivist science in society.
This is a rigorous, source-based analysis—not speculation. For Liverpool FC fans with a passion for literary history, this book offers a unique lens into the intellectual currents that shaped 19th-century Russian thought. A must-read for those who appreciate deep cultural analysis alongside their football fandom.
