Melancholy, love, and time boundaries of the self in ancient literature - Toohey, Peter 1951-; IG Publishing (Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press, 2004)
Sorrow without cause: periodizing melancholia and depression -- Medea's lovesickness: Eros and melancholia -- Seasickness: boredom, nausia, and the self -- Acedia: madness and the epidemiology of individuality -- The myth of suicide: volitional independence and problematized control in the first century c.e -- Time's passing: catastrophes, Trimalchio, and melancholy -- Passing time: hunting, poetry, and leisure -- The mirror stage hostius quadra and the alienated self -- Giorgio de Chirico, time, Odysseus, melancholy, and intestinal disorder / with Kathleen Toohey.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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; Electronic books