Melancholy, love, and time : boundaries of the self in ancient literature / Peter Toohey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toohey, Peter, 1951-

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--History and criticism.

Classical literature.

Psychology in literature.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Depression, Mental, in literature.

Melancholy in literature.

Love in literature.

Time in literature.

Self in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An examination of the effects and meaning of emotional states of distress in ancient literature.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

I. Blurring the Boundaries of the Self

1. Sorrow without Cause: Periodizing Melancholia and Depression

2. Medea's Lovesickness: Eros and Melancholia

3. Seasickness: Boredom, Nausia, and the Self

4. Acedia: Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality

II. Remapping the Boundaries of the Self

5. The Myth of Suicide: Volitional Independence and Problematized Control in the First Century C. E.

6. Time's Passing: Catastrophes, Trimalchio, and Melancholy

7. Passing Time: Hunting, Poetry, and Leisure

III. The Alienated Personality

8. The Mirror Stage: Hostius Quadra and the Alienated Self

Appendix: Giorgio de Chirico, Time, Odysseus, Melancholy, and Intestinal Disorder / with Kathleen Toohey

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-374) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612556012

9781282556010

1282556010

9780472025596

0472025597

OCLC:

646570541