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

Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- I. Blurring the Boundaries of the Self -- 1. Sorrow without Cause: Periodizing Melancholia and Depression -- 2. Medea's Lovesickness: Eros and Melancholia -- 3. Seasickness: Boredom, Nausia, and the Self -- 4. Acedia: Madness and the Epidemiology of Individuality -- II. Remapping the Boundaries of the Self -- 5. The Myth of Suicide: Volitional Independence and Problematized Control in the First Century C. E. -- 6. Time's Passing: Catastrophes, Trimalchio, and Melancholy -- 7. Passing Time: Hunting, Poetry, and Leisure -- III. The Alienated Personality -- 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.