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This scholarly study examines how the Narcissus myth became a potent symbol in early modern literature, embodying tensions between self-love and self-destruction, desire and death, beauty and pain. The book traces how Renaissance authors navigated competing impulses: expressions of humanistic self-congratulation that approached narcissism alongside profound self-doubt and anxiety bordering on nihilism. By exploring the long philosophical history of self-love and self-negation in western thought, the work reveals how medieval intellectual traditions shaped early modern authorship and literary expression. The analysis demonstrates how writers of the period used the Narcissus narrative to articulate the fundamental conflicts and ambivalences inherent in Renaissance humanistic endeavour, offering vital insights into the psychological and philosophical dimensions of early modern literary culture and the ways authors grappled with questions of identity, creation, and meaning.

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The book examines the Narcissus myth as a complex symbol representing both humanistic achievement and existential anxiety in early modern literature.

Traces the medieval intellectual foundations of self-love and self-negation themes through to their expression in Renaissance authorship and literary practice.

Analyzes how early modern writers negotiated the tension between self-congratulation and self-doubt, exploring narcissism and nihilism as competing philosophical positions.

Part of the Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture series, offering scholarly context within established academic frameworks for literary history.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0367858568
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 December 2021
Listed Since: 17 August 2021

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