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Killing Hercules : Deianira and the politics of domestic violence, from Sophocles to the war on terror / Richard Rowland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowland, Richard, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heracles (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Heracles.
- Deianira (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Deianira.
- Deianira (Greek mythological character).
- Heracles (Greek mythological character).
- Family violence in literature.
- European literature--History and criticism.
- European literature.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Each chapter of this book offers a detailed account of the ways in which different cultures - the ancient Greek democracy, imperial Rome, early Christianity, the emergent vernacular cultures of late medieval and early modern Europe, the Enlightenment - have re-evaluated the story of Hercules and his wife and killer Deianira, in the light of their own attempts to come to terms with the phenomena of military and domestic violence."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Trachiniae of Sophocles
- Hurting inside(s): Hercules and Deianira in ancient Rome
- Wrestling with Hercules in the Middle Ages
- Dalliance and puddinges: translating Herculean marriage in/to post-Reformation England
- Baroque and berserk: from the King's execution to the King's Theatre
- "After Sophocles": Deianira and the "War on terror"
- Appendix. Translation: the Women of Trachis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472434029
- 1472434021
- OCLC:
- 965136302
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