The medieval Medea

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The medieval Medea

Ruth Morse

D.S. Brewer, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index

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Wide-ranging study of the myth of Medea, concentrating on but not exclusively confined to its medieval incarnation. The legends of Jason and Medea illustrate how disparate and sometimes contradictory stories were combined in the creation of the first secular princely quest, how that quest functioned as a benchmark of western chronology, and howthat in turn assured the stories' position as part of the legends of Troy. The innovations of Euripides and Apollonius were imitated throughout Antiquity, and examples of murderous mothers illustrated the lethal disruptions of which women could be capable. For many medieval authors - Dante, Chaucer, Boccaccio, Gower, Christine de Pizan and others -the problem of a hero who betrays his oath and a heroine who murders and escapes offered insoluble and tragicsubjects. This study discusses how the legends contribute not only to ideas of history, but also to conceptions of the power and ruthlessness of women. RUTH MORSE is Professeur des Universites at UniversiteParis VII.

目次

  • Medeas of Antiquity
  • the history of Jason
  • Medea "sparagmos"
  • the romance of Jason
  • some medieval Medeas
  • silence, exile and cunning intelligence.

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