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The Myth of Medea and the Murder of Children (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
The Myth of Medea and the Murder of Children - Contributions to the Study of World Literature
Author: Lillian Corti
Corti focuses on the meaning and importance of the act of child murder in literary treatments of the ancient myth. She insists on the connection between the structure of tragedy and the psychology of abuse, arguing that the tragedy of Medea dramatizes the violent hostility toward children, which is always potentially present in patriarchal cultu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313305368
ISBN-10: 0313305366
Publication Date: 10/30/1998
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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