Killing Hercules : Deianira and the politics of domestic violence, from Sophocles to the war on terror / / Richard Rowland
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| Autore: |
Rowland Richard <1955-, >
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| Titolo: |
Killing Hercules : Deianira and the politics of domestic violence, from Sophocles to the war on terror / / Richard Rowland
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (357 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.93351 |
| Soggetto topico: | Family violence in literature |
| European literature - History and criticism | |
| Altri autori: |
Sophocles
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| 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."-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Killing Hercules |
| ISBN: | 1-317-10908-2 |
| 1-315-59108-1 | |
| 1-317-10909-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910155132803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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