Overview

Drawing from a wide spectrum of literary and autobiographical texts from the past and present, such as Jane Austen's Emma and Tina TurnerAIs I, Tina, Frances L. Restuccia moves from a psychoanalytic explanation of the formation of women melancholics to the cultural co-construction of battered women.

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Frances Restuccia 's Melancholics in Love is a lucid and persuasive account of the psychic and social formation of abused women. Restuccia develops an original and engaging psychosocial theory of why melancholic women are more likely to fall in love with abusive men. Restuccia 's compelling prose, illuminating examples, and constant view toward real-life domestic abuse make this brilliant theoretical edifice come alive with meaning and compassion. Melancholics in Love weds the best of theory with the best of literary criticism, cultural studies, and applied psychoanalysis. This thought-provoking and powerful book opens a new door for theoretical analysis of domestic abuse.--Oliver, Kelly

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Frances L. Restuccia is associate professor of contemporary literary and cultural theory, English, and women's studies at Boston College.

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