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Three vignettes of phrenological heads and two phrenological propensities, amativeness and self love. Wood engraving by Dellagana after G. Cruikshank.

A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

The pathology of literary genre : narcissism, neurasthenia and schizophrenia in selected writings of Edith Wharton, Sylvia Plath and Tennessee Williams / Nabeel M. Yaseen.

Reflecting Narcissus : a queer aesthetic / Steven Bruhm.

Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.

Da narciso al narcisismo : storia e psicologia del corpo costume, medicina, estetica / Albino Comelli.

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Narcissism

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Images referencing Narcissism

Works from the collections

Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

The pathology of literary genre : narcissism, neurasthenia and schizophrenia in selected writings of Edith Wharton, Sylvia Plath and Tennessee Williams / Nabeel M. Yaseen.

Reflecting Narcissus : a queer aesthetic / Steven Bruhm.

Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.

Da narciso al narcisismo : storia e psicologia del corpo costume, medicina, estetica / Albino Comelli.

Narcissism

Images from the collections

Images referencing Narcissism

Works from the collections

Medical errors and medical narcissism / John Banja.

The pathology of literary genre : narcissism, neurasthenia and schizophrenia in selected writings of Edith Wharton, Sylvia Plath and Tennessee Williams / Nabeel M. Yaseen.

Reflecting Narcissus : a queer aesthetic / Steven Bruhm.

Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.

Da narciso al narcisismo : storia e psicologia del corpo costume, medicina, estetica / Albino Comelli.

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