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Mapping Medea

Revolutions and Transfers 1750-1800
Cover page of 'Mapping Medea', with the title written underneath an image of Medea's costume design for the opera Thésée by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh
2023
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This lively collection of essays examines the various reasons why Medea, the ancient mother who killed her own children, attracted the attention of authors, audiences, actors, and rulers in Europe and its dominions during the pivotal period 1750 to 1800, and to what effects. By drawing together eighteenth-century specialists working across multiple languages and disciplines with the reception perspective of classical scholars, this volume brings much rare material from a range of archives across continental Europe to critical attention for the first time. Mapping Medea shows how the eighteenth century made Medea modern, and Medea helped to shape modern performance. 

Publisher
Oxford University Press
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  1. Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh, ‘Mapping Medea: Revolutions and Transfers 1750-1800' 
  1. Edith Hall, ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Operatic Convention and European Identity: Generic and Historical Perspectives on Georg Benda's 1775 Medea' 
  1. Larisa Nikiforova, ‘Medea's Russian Images on Stage and in Literature: The Politics and Poetics of Female Characters’ 
  1. Anthony John Lappin, ‘An Imperial Medea: Spain, Portugal, the Colonies’ 
  1. Anna Albrektson, ‘Inverting the Barbarian: Estrangement and Excess in the Eighteenth-Century Medea’ 
  1. Fiona Macintosh, ‘From Hearth to Hades: Breaking Boundaries with Medea and ballet d'action' 
  1. Jörg Krämer, ‘Shaping Complexity: Medea in the German-Language Theatre of the Eighteenth Century’ 
  1. Petra Dotlačilová, ‘Visual Narrative: The Role of Costumes in Noverre's ballet d'action, Médée et Jason’ 
  1. Zoé Schweitzer, ‘Medea as Infanticidal Mother in the Late Eighteenth-Century Theatre’ 
  1. Roland Lysell, ‘Medea—Sorceress or Woman? c.1750 and Beyond’