From Narcissism to Nihilism

This book explores how the myth of Narcissus, which is at once about self-love and self-destruction, desire and death, beauty and pain, became an ambivalent symbol of humanistic endeavour, and articulated the conflicts of early modern authorship.

Autorentext

Anthony Archdeacon teaches at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is interested in early modern poetry, drama, ideas and culture.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The poetics of personal nothingness

Chapter 3 The Narcissus myth and English Petrarchism

Chapter 4 Negation and self-negation in amatory verse

Chapter 5 The glorious nothingness of authorship

Chapter 6 Social and political contexts