Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Author's Preface XI
4. Translator's Preface XIII
5. PART I. The Portrait of the Lover
6. Introduction 3
7. 1. The Fundamental Story 4
8. 2. A Potter Who Was Not Jealous 7
9. 3. The Story of Admetus, and the True Portrait of the Lover 18
10. 4. A Plaster Dionysus 29
11. 5. The Sign Stained by Reality 38
12. 6. Incredible Loves 59
13. 7. The Story of the Cruel Painter 75
14. 8. Lucretius 82
15. 9. Narcissus and the Twin Images 94
16. 10. The Insult 109
17. 11. Seduction and Vendetta 121
18. 12. The Justice of Death Standing Up 135
19. PART 2. Other Adventures of the Image
20. 13. The Gaze 147
21. 14. Respect 158
22. 15. Premonition 169
23. 16. Resemblance 187
24. 17. The Doll 213
25. 18. Image, Mirror, and Homo Suus 228
26. Notes 237
27. Works Cited 307
28. Index 327