{"product_id":"the-narcissus-theme-from-fin-de-siecle-to-psychoanalysis-crisis-of-the-modern-self-9783631665923","title":"The Narcissus Theme from «Fin de Siècle» to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Narcissus, who falls in love with his own image in a spring, has fascinated writers and thinkers ever since Ovid first gave poetical form to the myth in his \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. This study systematically investigates the elaborations of the theme at the turn of the century around 1900. It argues that a sense of crisis in the modern foundation of selfhood explains the heightened interest in Narcissus during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book investigates three different aspects of the theme: as a symbol of a poetic apotheosis of the self in French Symbolism; as a narrative of a dissolving self in English, Austrian and French decadent literature; and as the concept of narcissism in sexology and psychoanalysis, where self-love provides an instinctual foundation of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystalline Reflection: Gide, Valéry, de Bouhélier and others – Narcissus Comes of Age: Wilde, Andrian, Lorrain and others – The Birth of the Concept out of the Narcissus-like Tendency: Freud, Ellis, Rank and others\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044323787095,"sku":"9783631665923","price":77.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631665923.jpg?v=1750961257","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-narcissus-theme-from-fin-de-siecle-to-psychoanalysis-crisis-of-the-modern-self-9783631665923","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}