The Early Modern Medea

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The Early Modern Medea
Author : K. Heavey
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 24 February 2015
ISBN : 9781137466242
Pages : 273 pages
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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.

The Early Modern Medea

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.

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The Early Modern Medea

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