Portraits of Medea in Portugal During the 20th and 21st Centuries

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The central episode in the Portuguese rewritings of Medea is the break between the Asiatic princess and Jason, on the one hand, and Medeas killing of their children in retaliation, on the other. The enthusiasm for the great classical plots and the challenge to remodel the Classics are the main motivation behind the Portuguese rewritings. Contents......Page 5 Abbreviations......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 11 Part 1 Main Sources......Page 19 1 Euripides’ Medea in Context......Page 21 2 Medea: the Bewitched Witch in Apollonius of Rhodes......Page 31 3 Versions of Medea in Classical Latin......Page 41 4 Os encantos de Medeia by António José da Silva: Comedy Version of a Tragic Theme (18th Century)......Page 55 5 In Search of Lost Identity: Jean Anouilh’s Medea......Page 75 6 The Reception of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries......Page 97 Part 2 Portuguese Versions of Medea in the 20th and 21st Centuries......Page 121 7 Medea as an Aesthetic and Ethical Space in Fiama’s Work......Page 123 8 A Portuguese Medea: Eduarda Dionísio, Antes que a noite venha (Before the Night Comes)......Page 133 9 Hélia Correia’s A de Cólquida (The Woman from Colchis)......Page 154 10 Language, Barbarism, and Civilization: Hélia Correia’s Desmesura (Excess) ......Page 168 11 Measure in Hélia Correia’s Desmesura: an Exercise in Recreating Classical Rhythm......Page 194 12 Medea in the Society of Entertainment: a Reading of Mário Cláudio’s Medeia......Page 210 13 Revisiting Medea – Carlos Jorge Pessoa’s Escrita da água: no rasto de Medeia (Water Writing: In Medea’s Wake)......Page 226 14 The Art of Translating a Classic: Author’s and Translator’s Marks......Page 243 Conclusion......Page 268 Appendix: a Chronology of Recreations, Editions, and Performances......Page 273 Bibliography......Page 280 Index Locorum......Page 299 Index of Modern Authors......Page 305 Index of Subjects......Page 313