Talk:Erotomania
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I am unable to find the short story by Joshua Ostrander referred to in the "Erotomania in Fiction" section. Could someone provide the publication info?
Doesn't sound rare to me. Maybe i'm rare. Where could a person get this published paper? --Cyberman 02:11, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hmm. de Clérambault (e acute) or de Clerambault (just e)? When there is an accent, most sources have the acute accent. However, most sources don't have the accent, including most French ones. Can any native French speakers help out? -- Karada
English sites that bother spell out his entire name, Gaëtan Gatian de Clerambault, never seem to use an é, even though they go to all the effort of making sure they have the ë in his first name. But French ones seem to be about 50:50. So what is correct? -- Karada
Hmmm... sounds to me like the accented one is a misspelling.
[edit] Cite for Les psychoses passionelles
Re Les psychoses passionelles - a proper cite appears to be:
- De Clerambault, G. "Les psychoses passionelles" (1921). Ouvre Psychiatrique. Paris, Press Universitaires de France, 1942.
That is to say, he wrote it in 1921, and it was printed in a book published in 1942. (Note that de Clerambault committed suicide in 1934.)
In the style of other articles about disorders, this could mention the source of the term (Greek? Latin?). PeepP 18:43, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] This is a hoax
Ian McEwan has admitted that he made all this up - see for instance - Fooled You Guardian article I suggest that this article should be clearly signposted as such ! -footie 23:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Hi there,
- McEwan made up the fake article in the back of the novel Enduring Love, but the condition itself is indeed real and has been discussed widely in the medical literature (as the references show) and is listed in the DSM.
Hello from England
I finished reading'Enduring Love' this Mornin and although I am now the age when my mother was suffering her delusions, it is the first time in my life that I have heard of her madness [ that is how I always referred to it as a then teenager]having a name and a diagnosis. It began when she was 41years old and endured to her death at 59. She was married twice, had children with both men, yet it came upon her suddenly. I met the object of her passion- once on my father's request and once on hers. A miserable business. Is there any evidence to suggest that erotomania can be genetically inherited? My sister and I are obviously interested in this.
- - Vaughan 07:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jon Lovitz' "The Pathological Liar"
By definition, the eponymous "liar" is not deluded, he is simply lying, exaggerating his sexual prowess with famous women for self-aggrandizement, not because he is psychotically deluded about the true nature of his relationship with the women in question, he is instead pathologically inclined to lie and tell grandiose stories to impress others. As amusing as Lovitz' portrayal is, it is manifestly not a case of erotomania, which would change the entire premise of the character and the comedy bit in question.
Therefore, I have removed it. 71.100.167.23 (talk) 06:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
