Melancholy, Love, and Time: Boundaries of the Self in Ancient Literature

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Contents List of Figures ix Introduction 1 I. Blurring the Boundaries of the Self 1. Sorrow without Cause: Periodizing Melancholia and Depression 15 2 Medea’s Lovesickness: Eros and Melancholia 59 3. Seasickness: Boredom, Nausia, and the Self 104 4. Acedia: Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality 132 II. Remapping the Boundaries of the Self 5. The Myth of Suicide: Volitional Independence and Problematized Control in the First Century C.E. 161 6. Time’s Passing: Catastrophes, Trimalchio, and Melancholy 197 7. Passing Time: Hunting, Poetry, and Leisure 222 III. The Alienated Personality 8. The Mirror Stage: Hostius Quadra and the Alienated Self 261 appendix: Giorgio de Chirico, Time, Odysseus, Melancholy, and Intestinal Disorder with Kathleen Toohey 283 Notes 295 Bibliography 353 Index 375 ...