The Early Modern Medea

Medea in English Literature, 1558–1688

• Author(s): K. Heavey,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 273
• ISBN_10: 1137466243
  ISBN_13: 9781137466242
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Modern / General , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Fiction / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Literary Criticism / General ,

Description:... 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.