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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155132803321

Autore

Rowland Richard <1955-, >

Titolo

Killing Hercules : Deianira and the politics of domestic violence, from Sophocles to the war on terror / / Richard Rowland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-10908-2

1-315-59108-1

1-317-10909-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

Sophocles

Disciplina

809/.93351

Soggetti

Family violence in literature

European literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--