Part I. Narcissism. Visions of narcissus; Narcissistic vision; Narcissism to suicide: Romeo and Juliet -- Part II. Suicide. Romana mors in Julius Caesar; Romana mors in Antony and Cleopatra; Renaissance attitudes to self-slaughter; Conclusion: Othello's suicides
Summary
Through close analysis of Shakespearean texts and discussion of Renaissance revisions of Ovid, this book illustrates how the seemingly extreme figures of the narcissist and self-slaughterer are indicative of early-modern attitudes to interiority
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-302) and index