02286oam 2200469I 450 991015513280332120230809233707.01-317-10908-21-315-59108-11-317-10909-010.4324/9781315591087 (CKB)4340000000023811(MiAaPQ)EBC4766960(OCoLC)967742648(EXLCZ)99434000000002381120180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierKilling Hercules Deianira and the politics of domestic violence, from Sophocles to the war on terror /Richard RowlandAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (357 pages)1-4724-3402-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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."--Provided by publisher.Family violence in literatureEuropean literatureHistory and criticismFamily violence in literature.European literatureHistory and criticism.809/.93351Rowland Richard1955-,952255Sophocles439098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155132803321Killing Hercules2274309UNINA