Melancholy, love, and time : boundaries of the self in ancient literature / Peter Toohey.

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004], ©2004.

386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-374) and index.

Sorrow without cause: periodizing melancholia and depression -- Medea's lovesickness: Eros and melancholia -- Seasickness: boredom, nausia, and the self -- Acedia: madness and the epidemiology of individuality -- The myth of suicide: volitional independence and problematized control in the first century c.e -- Time's passing: catastrophes, Trimalchio, and melancholy -- Passing time: hunting, poetry, and leisure -- The mirror stage hostius quadra and the alienated self -- Giorgio de Chirico, time, Odysseus, melancholy, and intestinal disorder / with Kathleen Toohey.