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List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Blurring the Boundaries of the Self
Chapter 1. Sorrow without Cause: Periodizing Melancholia
Chapter 2. Medea's Lovesickness: Eros and Melancholia
Chapter 3. Seasickness: Boredom, Nausia, and the Self
Chapter 4. Acedia: Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality
Part 2. Remapping the Boundaries of the Self
Chapter 5. The Myth of Suicide: Volitional Independence and Problematized Control in the First
Century c.e.
Chapter 6. Time's Passing: Catastrophes, Trimalchio, and Melancholy
Chapter 7. Passing Time: Hunting, Poetry, and Leisure
Part 3. The Alienated Personality
Chapter 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 \to come\
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Classical literature History and criticism, 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