Medea, magic, and modernity in France [[electronic resource] ] : stages and histories, 1553-1797 / / Amy Wygant

• Autore: Wygant Amy
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 842/.009351
• Soggetto topico: French drama - History and criticism; Medea (Greek mythology) in literature; Magic in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Medea, magic, and modernity in France
• ISBN: 1-315-59445-5; 1-317-09898-6; 1-317-09897-8; 1-281-09959-7; 9786611099596; 0-7546-8682-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784848403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II