10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDEA»
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Medea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Medea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medea: Essays on
Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art
""Medea" is a model of how one goes about configuring and interpreting any of our long-lasting inheritances from Greek myth.... The richness of its subject should make this book appeal to a wide audience."--Richard P. Martin
James Joseph Clauss, Sarah Iles Johnston, 1997
Comprehensive edition of this classic play aimed at second-year students and above.
Euripides, Donald J. Mastronarde, 2002
With stage performance specifically in mind, Ahl renders Seneca's dramatic force in a modern idiom and style that move easily between formality and colloquialism as the text demands, and he strives to reproduce the richness of the original ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Frederick Ahl, 1986
been about Medea as a magical figure, the title referring to her production of
potions from plants. His Kolchian Women also centred around Medea's natal
household. In 455 BC Euripides presented Peliades (Daughters of Pelias), telling
of the ...
Now, with the use of drones escalating at a meteoric pace, Benjamin has written this book as a call to action: "It is meant to wake a sleeping public," she writes, "lulled into thinking that drones are good, that targeted killings are ...
Wide-ranging study of the myth of Medea, concentrating on but not exclusively confined to its medieval incarnation.
Euripides' "Medea" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development of the Medea myth before Euripides and explores his uniquely powerful version from various angles.
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Lithium for
Medea: A Novel
Probes the strained relationships between a woman and her abrasive mother, her cancer-stricken father, an ex-husband who is permanently tuned into Star Trek, and Jason, her erotic but higly manipulative lover. Reprint.
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Seneca:
Medea: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and ...
A full-scale critical edition of Seneca's Medea which offers a substantial introduction, a new Latin text, an English verse translation, and a detailed commentary.
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Euripides'
Medea: The Incarnation of Disorder
This book is for all students and scholars of Greek literature, whether in departments of Classics or English or Comparative Literature, as well as those concerned with the role of women in literature.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDEA»
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American Modernists: Kinetic and Unmannered
Barber's music for Graham's dance about Medea was performed in its choreographic version as Serpent Heart, revised in 1947 as Cave of the ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jul 15»
Cuban flag over the new embassy in Washington signals a victory …
“I didn't know if I'd live to see this day,” said Code Pink organizer Medea Benjamin, who lived in Cuba from 1979 to 1983. She said she was ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
National Theatre of Scotland loses key duo to Dublin's Abbey
He added: “In their roles, they have brought everything from Medea to Black Watch onto stages at home and overseas. “In his post as the ... «The National, Jul 15»
Sussex County children's chorus performs in Greece
Members of U.S. choirs from Nebraska and New Jersey helped kick off the Festival on July 12, with a performance of Cherubini's Medea, ... «The Sparta Independent, Jul 15»
How Alan Curtis changed our lives (and music)
... working before his death and that will now remain unfinished, is the commission to recreate the Italian recitatives for Cherubini's epic Medea. «Slipped Disc, Jul 15»
Best Year-Old Theater Company
Cinderella, Medea, and the weeping spirit La Llorona are among the opinionated female characters who will challenge the traditional power structure, ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
Danny Glover and Medea Benjamin on Assata, Guantánamo and …
Medea Benjamin is with us, longtime political activist, co-founder of CodePink, and Danny Glover, well-known actor, film director and political ... «Democracy Now!, Jul 15»
Girl Versus Corinth at Capital Fringe
“Disgraced and displaced Queen of Corinth Medea (Sarah Anne Sillers) returns from Hades to give her side of the infamous, murder-filled story ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
Kim Cattrall returns to London stage
Featherstone said Greek tragedies - such as Medea and Antigone - had epic roles for a leading actress, but few contemporary dramas did. «The Nation, Jul 15»
The 10 best things to do this week
... moment, what with Juliette Binoche's Antigone, Kristin Scott Thomas's Electra and Helen McCrory's Medea, plus three plays at the Almeida. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
