Albrektson, Anna - Mapping Medea

This insightful and varied collection of essays uses rare material from archives across Europe to examine the many stage versions of Medea throughout the late-eighteenth century.

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CONTENTS

1 Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh: Mapping Medea: Revolutions and Transfers 1750-1800
I: Medea in an Expanding Eighteenth-Century World
2 Edith Hall: Pushing the Boundaries of Operatic Convention and European Identity: Generic and Historical Perspectives on Georg Benda's 1775 Medea
3 Larisa Nikiforova: Medea's Russian Images on Stage and in Literature: The Politics and Poetics of Female Characters
4 Anthony John Lappin: An Imperial Medea: Spain, Portugal, the Colonies
5 Anna Albrektson: Inverting the Barbarian: Estrangement and Excess in the Eighteenth-Century Medea
II: Local Interpretations and Global Issues: Ontology and Form
6 Fiona Macintosh: From Hearth to Hades: Breaking Boundaries with Medea and ballet d'action
7 Jorg Kramer: Shaping Complexity: Medea in the German-Language Theatre of the Eighteenth Century
8 Petra Dotlacilova: Visual Narrative: The Role of Costumes in Noverre's ballet d'action, Medee et Jason
9 Zoe Schweitzer: Medea as Infanticidal Mother in the Late Eighteenth-Century Theatre
10 Roland Lysell: Medea--Sorceress or Woman? c.1750 and Beyond
Bibliography
Index