K. Heavey, "The Early Modern Medea: Medea in English Literature, 1558-1688"
Publisher: Palgrave | 2015 | ISBN: 134949982X | English | PDF | 273 pages | 1.4 Mb
Publisher: Palgrave | 2015 | ISBN: 134949982X | English | PDF | 273 pages | 1.4 Mb
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.
Katherine Heavey is a Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK. From 2010 to 2012, she held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Newcastle University. She has published a number of articles on various aspects of early modern studies.