Narcissism and Suicide in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

The subjects of this book are the subjects whose subjects are themselves.Narcissus so himself himself forsook,And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.In accusing the introspective Adonis of narcissistic self-absorption, Shakespeare''s Venus employs a geminative construction - ''himself himself'' - that provides a keynote for this study of Renaissance reflexive subjectivity. Through close analysis...