Narcissism and Selfhood in Medieval French Literature: Wounds of Desire
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Beschreibung
I. Narcissism and Selfhood in Context
1. Introduction: Narcissus and the Wounded Self
1.1 Selfhood and the Myth of Narcissus
1.2 Selfhood and Wounding
1.3 Overview of this Book
2. Narcissus and Selfhood: The Lay of Narcissus
2.1 The Image of the Self: Vision and Truth (Veoir and Voir)
2.2 Wounding Images: Within and Without (Dedenz and Dehors)
2.3 Seeing the Self: Je me plaing ("I lament myself")
2.4 Postscript: The Impossibility of V(e)oir
II. Selfhood and the Open Wound
3. Narcissus and Mourning: Alain de Lille's Plaint of Nature
3.1 Narcissus Mourned: The Wounding of Language
3.2 Narcissus in Mourning: Nature as Wounded
3.3 Mourning (Un)Done: The (Im)Possibility of Closure
4. Narcissus and Melancholy: René d'Anjou's Book of the Love-Smitten Heart
4.1 The Heart of Melancholy
4.2 Melancholy at the Fountain
4.3 Melancholy at the Mirror
III. The Wounded Self as Witness
5. Narcissus and Trauma: Chrétien de Troyes's Story of the Grail
5.1 The Wound and Knowledge (Navrez and Nel Savez)
5.2 Blancheflor's Mirror: Agape and the Courtly Lady
5.3 Perceval and the Grail: The Failure of Witnessing
5.4 Blood on Snow: The Gaze of the Other
5.5 Blood and the Cross (Seignier): The Trauma of Salvation
6. Narcissus and Testimony: Guillaume de Machaut's Fountain of Love
6.1 Vision and Speech (Mire and Dire): The Echo of Testimony
6.2 The Testimony of Martyrdom
6.3 Mute Witness: Testimony at the Fountain
6.4 Echo's Response: The Joy of Narcosis
7. Epilogue: Between Je me plaing and Iste ego sum