Heavey The Early Modern Medea

Medea in English Literature, 1558–1688
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-46624-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 273 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heavey, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.