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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.
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Front Matter
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About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Early Modern Medea
Book Subtitle: Medea in English Literature, 1558–1688
Authors: Katherine Heavey
Series Title: Early Modern Literature in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137466242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46634-1Published: 10 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49982-3Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46624-2Published: 24 February 2015
Series ISSN: 2634-5919
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5927
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 273
Topics: Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Fiction