Portraits of Medea in Portugal during the 20th and 21st Centuries

Portraits of Medea in Portugal during the 20th and 21st Centuries

The theme of Medea in Portuguese literature has mainly given rise to the writing of new plays on the subject. The central episode in the Portuguese rewritings in the last two centuries is the one that takes place in Corinth, id est, the break between Medea and Jason, on the one hand, and Medea'...

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Other Authors: Pérez Pociña, Andrés (Editor), López, Aurora (Editor), Morais, Carlos Ferreira (Editor), Silva, Maria de Fátima (Editor), Finglass, Patrick (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Series: Metaforms 14.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266.

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Portuguese literature > History and criticism > 20th century.
Portuguese literature > History and criticism > 21st century.
Literature.
Portuguese literature.

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Call Number: PQ9055

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Main Sources
  • Euripides' Medea in Context /
  • Patrick J. Finglass
  • Medea: the Bewitched Witch in Apollonius of Rhodes /
  • Maria do Céu Fialho
  • Versions of Medea in Classical Latin /
  • Andrés Pociña and Aurora López
  • Os encantos de Medeia by António José da Silva: Comedy Version of a Tragic Theme (18th Century) /
  • Maria de Fátima Silva
  • In Search of Lost Identity: Jean Anouilh's Medea /
  • Maria de Fátima Silva
  • The Reception of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries /
  • Rosanna Lauriola
  • Portuguese Versions of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  • Medea as an Aesthetic and Ethical Space in Fiama's Work /
  • Ália Rodrigues
  • A Portuguese Medea: Eduarda Dionísio, Antes que a noite venha (Before the Night Comes) /
  • Maria de Fátima Silva
  • Hélia Correia's A de Cólquida (The Woman from Colchis) /
  • Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva
  • Language, Barbarism, and Civilization: Hélia Correia's Desmesura (Excess) /
  • Maria de Fátima Silva
  • Measure in Hélia Correia's Desmesura: an Exercise in Recreating Classical Rhythm /
  • Carlos Morais
  • Medea in the Society of Entertainment: a Reading of Mário Cláudio's Medeia /
  • Maria António Hörster and Maria de Fátima Silva
  • Revisiting Medea - Carlos Jorge Pessoa's Escrita da água: no rasto de Medeia (Water Writing: In Medea's Wake) /
  • Susana Hora Marques
  • The Art of Translating a Classic: Author's and Translator's Marks /
  • Maria de Fátima Silva
  • Conclusion
  • A Chronology of Recreations, Editions, and Performances
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.