Narcissism and Selfhood in Medieval French Literature Wounds of Desire /

• Main Author: Ealy, Nicholas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Literature, Medieval.; European literature.; Classical literature.; Literature-Philosophy.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Motion pictures.; Medieval Literature.; European Literature.; Classical and Antique Literature.; Literary Theory.; History of Medieval Europe.; Adaptation Studies.

This book offers analyses of texts from medieval France influenced by Ovid's myth of Narcissus including the Lay of Narcissus, Alain de Lille's Plaint of Nature, René d'Anjou's Love-Smitten Heart, Chrétien de Troyes's Story of the Grail and Guillaume de Machaut's Foun...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Narcissism and Selfhood in Context
• 1. Introduction: Narcissus and the Wounded Self
• 2. Narcissus and Selfhood: The Lay of Narcissus
• Part II Selfhood and the Open Wound
• 3. Narcissus and Mourning: Alain de Lille's Plaint of Nature
• 4. Narcissus and Melancholy: René d'Anjou's Book of the Love-Smitten Heart
• 5. Narcissus and Trauma: Chrétien de Troyes's Story of the Grail
• 6. Narcissus and Testimony: Guillaume de Machaut's Fountain of Love
• 7. Epilogue: Between Je me plaing and Iste ego sum.