Virgo to Virago : Medea in the Silver Age.

By:

Corrigan, Kirsty

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource (300 pages))Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1299765572
9781299765573
9781443851091
1443851094

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

871.0109 23

LOC classification:

PN57.M37 C66 2013

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; conclusion; bibliography; index.

Summary: The infamous and formidable mythological figure of Medea has deservedly held an enduring appeal throughout the ages. This has perhaps never been more true than in the Silver Age of Latin literature, when the taste for rhetorical excess and the macabre made the heroine, and especially her notorious acts of witchcraft and the slaughter of her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, a particularly suitable and attractive topic for literary treatment. By examining the portrayal of ...

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Acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; conclusion; bibliography; index.

The infamous and formidable mythological figure of Medea has deservedly held an enduring appeal throughout the ages. This has perhaps never been more true than in the Silver Age of Latin literature, when the taste for rhetorical excess and the macabre made the heroine, and especially her notorious acts of witchcraft and the slaughter of her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, a particularly suitable and attractive topic for literary treatment. By examining the portrayal of ...