Readings on Medea / Don Nardo, book editor.

• Foreword -- Introduction -- Euripides and Medea -- Characters -- Play in mythic context : Medea's and Jason's earlier adventures -- 1. Plot, structure, and literary devices of Medea -- Story told in Medea / Siegfried Melchinger ; Play is structured around scenes of confrontation / John Ferguson ; Euripides enriches the text with a reference to another child killer / Rick M. Newton ; Use of the deus ex machina / H.D.F. Kitto ; Ancient and modern criticisms of the play / Peter D. Arnott -- 2. Themes and ideas explored in the play -- Euripides prophecies a world of violence and discord / Bernard Knox ; Misogyny in Medea / Eva Cantarella ; Play explores social conflict between men and women / Sue Blundell ; Dramatization of the problems of domestic life / Werner Jaeger -- 3. Medea and other major characters -- Characters are brilliantly drawn / Gilbert Norwood ; Medea the master manipulator / Eleanor Wilner ; Medea as a classic tragic hero / Bernard Knox -- 4. Later adaptations and productions of Medea -- Roman version of Medea sympathizes with Jason / Meyer Reinhold ; Modern production of Medea effectively exploits real landscapes / Jan Kott ; Play's success now rests on the actress in the title role / Karelisa V. Hartigan ; Film version depicts Medea's barbarous background / Jon Solomon.

Ämnesord

Motiv i litteraturen  (sao)

Women and literature  -- Greece. (LCSH)

Medea (grekisk mytologi) i litteraturen  (sao)

Grekiska tragedier  (sao)

Greek drama (Tragedy)  (LCSH)

Personnamn

Medea (mytisk gestalt)

Namn/titel

Euripides.: Medea. 

Euripides, ca 480-406 f.Kr.: Medea 

Klassifikation

882/.01 (DDC)

Goaz Euripides (kssb/8)

Goa.02 (kssb/8)

G.096z Medea (kssb/8)