9 Foreword // 15 I - Introduction // 32 II-Youth and Death: // Concerning the Visual Arts // 35 I. Exposition: Dino Pedriali // 49 2. Continuing Impact: Caravaggio // 55 3. Caravaggio: Eros-The Story of Youth // 73 4. Caravaggio: Chronos-The Course of Time // 93 5. Caravaggio: Thanatos-Motionless Space // 113 6. Reprise: Kassovitz-The Rhetoric of Death // 134 III-The Beauty of Youth: Concerning Literature // 137 I. Exposition: Shakespeare // 153 2. Continuing Impact: Virginia Woolf // 3. Woolf: Hypnos-The Sleeping Identity of Youth // 4. Woolf: Morpheus-Alterity as Contiguous // Space // 5. Woolf: Phantasos-Infinite Time // 6. Reprise: Vinterberg-The Rhetoric of Life // IV - The Game of Youth: // Concerning Film // I. Exposition: Risk Hazekamp // 2. Continuing Impact: Nicholas Ray // 3. Ray: Narcissus-The Loneliness of Youth // 4. Ray: Sisyphus-The Absurdity of Youth // 5. Ray: Prometheus-Youth as Hope // 6. Reprise: Jarmusch-The Rhetoric of Play // V-Conclusion: In the Shadow of the Art Work // Bibliography // List of Illustrations // Summary // Index of Person’s Names, Art Works, Exhibitions, Organisations // Index of Terms // Acknowledgements // About the Author