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Medea, magic, and modernity in France : stages and histories, 1553-1797 / Amy Wygant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wygant, Amy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character).
- Medea.
- French drama--History and criticism.
- French drama.
- Magic in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Revealing the surprising trajectory of our contemporary obsession with magic, Amy Wygant here follows the figure of Medea, the great antique witch and child-murderess, through her appearances on the early modern French stage from La Péruse to Corneille to Cherubini, by way of medical treatises, visual images, cultural practices, and poetics. This cross-disciplinary study shows that Medea is our mirror, and her story is the story of cultural performance.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Stages and Histories; 1 Glamour and its Discontents; 2 Medean Renaissance; 3 Of Glammatology; 4 The Question of Illusion; 5 Narcissus, and the Devils of Loudun; 6 The Magic of Modernity; Postscript; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611099596
- 9781315594453
- 1315594455
- 9781317098980
- 1317098986
- 9781317098973
- 1317098978
- 9781281099594
- 1281099597
- 9780754686828
- 0754686825
- OCLC:
- 341859616
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