{"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 Psychoanalysis: Crisis of the Modern Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frank Thomas Grub | Niclas Johansson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Feminist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47780432150679,"sku":"9783631665923","price":9691.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783631665923.webp?v=1778045243","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-narcissus-theme-from-fin-de-siecle-to-psychoanalysis-crisis-of-the-modern-self-9783631665923","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}