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UNINA9910784848403321 |
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Autore |
Wygant Amy |
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Titolo |
Medea, magic, and modernity in France [[electronic resource] ] : stages and histories, 1553-1797 / / Amy Wygant |
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Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-59445-5 |
1-317-09898-6 |
1-317-09897-8 |
1-281-09959-7 |
9786611099596 |
0-7546-8682-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French drama - History and criticism |
Medea (Greek mythology) in literature |
Magic in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 PeĢruse 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. |
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