The Portrait of the Lover

A large collection of stories where one of a pair of separated lovers retains a portrait or some other image of the absent beloved, all discussed with vivid intelligence and zestful appreciation for their emotional punch and tonal variety.

Author's Preface

ix

Translator's Preface

xi

PART ONE: THE PORTRAIT OF THE LOVER

Introduction

3

(1)

The Fundamental Story

4

(3)

A Potter Who Was Not Jealous

7

(11)

Birth of the Image

7

(2)

Laodamia's Simulacra

9

(5)

A Phantom Reigns in the Palace

14

(4)

The Story of Admetus, and the True Portrait of the Lover

18

(11)

The Statue of Alcestis

18

(7)

The True Portrait of the Lover

25

(4)

A Plaster Dionysus

29

(9)

The Tale of the Playboy's Punishment

30

(2)

A Plaster Dionysus

32

(6)

The Sign Stained by Reality

38

(21)

Creatures of Pothos

40

(2)

The Image and the Shadow

42

(6)

A Sign Stained by Reality

48

(2)

Images of Faithfulness

50

(4)

Filiation, Marriage, and Kinship

54

(5)

Incredible Loves

59

(16)

Image Mania

60

(4)

Brutus and Other Romans

64

(2)

A Psychoanalyst for Our Fundamental Story

66

(4)

Figures for the Impossible

70

(5)

The Story of the Cruel Painter

75

(7)

Lucretius

82

(12)

Remedies for Cruel Love

83

(6)

Toys of Venus

89

(5)

Narcissus and the Twin Images

94

(15)

The Mirror That Enchants and Disenchants

95

(2)

Narcissus the Twin

97

(4)

Siblings in Love

101

(8)

The Insult

109

(12)

The Imago of the Lover and the Anxiety of the Mirror

111

(5)

The Portrait of a Roman Matrona

116

(5)

Seduction and Vendetta

121

(14)

Woman, Image of the Man

122

(3)

The Ancient Footsteps of the Commendatore

125

(6)

The Bond of the Ring

131

(4)

The Justice of Death Standing Up

135

(12)

PART TWO: OTHER ADVENTURES OF THE IMAGE

The Gaze

147

(11)

The Life of the Gaze

148

(2)

The Story of Anaxarete

150

(8)

Respect

158

(11)

The Image Touches the Person

159

(6)

When the Tyrannicide Is a Woman

165

(4)

Premonition

169

(18)

Two Stories from Roman Comedy

170

(2)

The Image as Perfection

172

(4)

Fame in Images, Fame in Words

176

(3)

Galleries of Premonition

179

(8)

Resemblance

187

(26)

From Father to Son

189

(9)

The Powers of Resemblance

198

(5)

Doubles and Stand-ins

203

(6)

From the Portrait to the Mirror

209

(4)

The Doll

213

(15)

The Girl in the Eye and Neurospaston

216

(8)

The Friendly Double

224

(4)

Image, Mirror, and Homo Suus

228

(9)

Notes

237

(70)

Works Cited

307

(20)

Index

327

Illustrations follow page 137.

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