The Early Modern Medea: Medea In English Literature, 1558?688 (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.

• • Author: K. Heavey
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 281 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 134949982X
• • ISBN-13: 9781349499823