Narcissism and suicide in Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Eric Langley.

  • Langley, Eric Francis.
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2009
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Through close analysis of Shakespearean texts and discussion of Renaissance revisions of Ovid, this book illustrates how the seemingly extreme figures of the narcissist and self-slaughterer are indicative of early-modern attitudes to interiority.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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xi, 312 pages ; 23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-302) and index.

Contents

Part I. Narcissism. Visions of narcissus; Narcissistic vision; Narcissism to suicide: Romeo and Juliet -- Part II. Suicide. Romana mors in Julius Caesar; Romana mors in Antony and Cleopatra; Renaissance attitudes to self-slaughter; Conclusion: Othello's suicides.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780199541232
  • 019954123X