Malattia D'amore -

: Medieval medical texts, such as those by Avicenna, suggested the brain was "misled" into believing one specific person was more noble and desirable than all others, causing the spirit to "wander through emptiness".

: His Canzoniere is a masterclass in the "failing search for self-possession" caused by obsessive love, depicting it as a "fatal multiplicity" that obstructs the mind. Malattia d'amore

: Director Paul Morrissey’s 1988 film Spike of Bensonhurst prominently features music from the album "Malattia d'amore" by the Italian singer Pupo . The film uses these "honeyed strains" of Italian pop to underscore the messy, often transactional nature of modern romance in Italian-American enclaves. : Medieval medical texts, such as those by