The mirror of the self : sexuality, self-knowledge, and the gaze in the early Roman Empire / Shadi Bartsch.
| Author/creator | Bartsch, Shadi, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. |
| Description | viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The mirror of philosophy -- The incentive to virtue -- The index of vanity -- The mirror of the soul -- The eye of the lover -- Ancient optics -- Eros and the eye -- Ovid's Narcissus -- Hostius quadra -- Scopic paradigms at Rome -- Under the imago -- The penetrating gaze -- Senatorial safeguards -- The philosopher's body -- The self on display -- Seneca's witness -- The philosopher's theater -- The metamorphosis of persona -- Models of personhood -- The second-order self -- Rethinking reflexivity -- Medea's Meditatio. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005033447 |
| ISBN | 0226038351 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226038353 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B105.R27 B37 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |