Narcissism and Selfhood in Medieval French Literature - Wounds of Desire (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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, Rene d'Anjou's Love-Smitten Heart, Chretien de Troyes's Story of the Grail and Guillaume de Machaut's Fountain of Love. Together, these texts form a corpus exploring human selfhood as wounded and undone by desire. Emerging in the twelfth century in Western Europe, this discourse of the wounded self has survived with ever-increasing importance, informing contemporary methods of theoretical inquiry into mourning, melancholy, trauma and testimony. Taking its cue from the moment Narcissus bruises himself upon learning he cannot receive the love he wants from his reflection, this book argues that the construct of the wounded self emphasizes fantasy over reality, and that only through the world of the imagination-of literature itself-can our narcissistic injuries seemingly be healed and desire fulfilled.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	The New Middle Ages
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Nicholas Ealy
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-027915-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	3-03-027915-4
Barcode:	9783030279158

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