Melancholy, Love, and Time: Boundaries of the Self in Ancient LiteratureUniversity of Michigan Press, 6 de jan. de 2004 - 386 páginas Ancient literature features many powerful narratives of madness, depression, melancholy, lovesickness, simple boredom, and the effects of such psychological states upon individual sufferers. Peter Toohey turns his attention to representations of these emotional states in the Classical, Hellenistic, and especially the Roman imperial periods in a study that illuminates the cultural and aesthetic significance of this emotionally charged literature. His probing analysis shows that a shifting representation of these afflicted states, and the concomitant sense of isolation from one's social affinities and surroundings, manifests a developing sense of the self and self-consciousness in the ancient world. This book makes important contributions to a variety of disciplines including classical studies, comparative literature, literary and art history, history of medicine, history of emotions, psychiatry, and psychology. Peter Toohey is Professor and Department Head of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. |
Conteúdo
Introduction I | 1 |
Periodizing Melancholia and Depression | 15 |
Eumenides Painter The Purification of Orestes | 16 |
Emil Kraepelins patient exhibiting stuporous mania | 19 |
Eros and Melancholia | 59 |
Boredom Nausia and the Self | 104 |
Greek Mourning | 105 |
Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality | 132 |
Hostius Quadra and the Alienated Self | 261 |
Pompeian wall painting of Narcissus | 275 |
Giorgio de Chirico Time Odysseus Melancholy | 283 |
Giorgio de Chirico The Delights of the Poet | 285 |
Arnold Böcklin Odysseus and Calypso | 288 |
Giorgio de Chirico The Enigma of the Oracle | 289 |
Giorgio de Chirico The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day | 290 |
Giorgio de Chirico Ariadne | 291 |
Basedows photograph of an Aboriginal boning | 134 |
REMAPPING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SELF | 159 |
Basedows photograph of a victim of boning | 167 |
Zeus malinconico | 168 |
Exekias The Suicide of Ajax | 172 |
Catastrophes Trimalchio and Melancholy | 197 |
Hunting Poetry and Leisure | 222 |
Exekias Achilles and Ajax | 223 |
Giorgio de Chirico Ariadnes Afternoon | 292 |
Giorgio de Chirico The Lassitude of the Infinite | 293 |
Giorgio de Chirico The Enigma of the Hour | 294 |
Notes | 295 |
Bibliography | 353 |
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