K. Heavey

The Early Modern Medea (eBook, PDF)

Medea in English Literature, 1558–1688

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book-length study of early modern English approaches to Medea, the classical witch and infanticide who exercised a powerful sway over literary and cultural imagination in the period 1558-1688. It encompasses poetry, prose and drama, and translation, tragedy, comedy and political writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137466242
• Artikelnr.: 42516234

Autorenporträt

Katherine Heavey is a Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK. From 2010 to 2012, she held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Newcastle University. She has published a number of articles on various aspects of early modern studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Medieval Medea 2. Translating Medea 3. Tragic Medea 4. Comic Medea 5. Political Medea Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Medieval Medea 2. Translating Medea 3. Tragic Medea 4. Comic Medea 5. Political Medea Conclusion Bibliography Index