02802nam 2200673 a 450 991045107500332120200520144314.01-317-09898-61-317-09897-81-281-09959-797866110995960-7546-8682-5(CKB)1000000000404717(EBL)439001(OCoLC)341859616(SSID)ssj0000200209(PQKBManifestationID)11178983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200209(PQKBWorkID)10219561(PQKB)10927631(MiAaPQ)EBC439001(MiAaPQ)EBC5293536(Au-PeEL)EBL439001(CaPaEBR)ebr10211182(CaONFJC)MIL919058(Au-PeEL)EBL5293536(CaONFJC)MIL109959(OCoLC)743196128(EXLCZ)99100000000040471720061211d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedea, magic, and modernity in France[electronic resource] stages and histories, 1553-1797 /Amy WygantAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub. Companyc20071 online resource (228 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5924-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.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; IndexRevealing 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 Péruse 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.French dramaHistory and criticismMedea (Greek mythology) in literatureMagic in literatureElectronic books.French dramaHistory and criticism.Medea (Greek mythology) in literature.Magic in literature.842/.009351Wygant Amy953454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451075003321Medea, magic, and modernity in France2155637UNINA