Virgo to virago
Subtitle: Medea in the silver age
By: by Kirsty Corrigan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781443846554
Subjects: Latin poetry; History and criticism; In literature; Criticism and interpretation
Description: The infamous and formidable mythological figure of Medea has deservedly held an enduring appeal throughout the ages. This has perhaps never been more true than in the Silver Age of Latin literature, when the taste for rhetorical excess and the macabre made the heroine, and especially her notorious acts of witchcraft and the slaughter of her own children in revenge for her husbandas infidelity, a particularly suitable and attractive topic for literary treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.