
Published online:
21 September 2023
Published in print:
25 September 2023
Online ISBN:
9780191980107
Print ISBN:
9780192884190
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Introducing Medea Introducing Medea
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Russian Wise Maidens Russian Wise Maidens
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Love-struck Medea Love-struck Medea
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Medea and the Mythology of Power Medea and the Mythology of Power
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Medea in Melodrama and Ballet Medea in Melodrama and Ballet
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Longepierre’s Tragedy Longepierre’s Tragedy
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The Female Century The Female Century
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Chapter
3 Medea’s Russian Images on Stage and in Literature: The Politics and Poetics of Female Characters
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39–65
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Published:September 2023
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Nikiforova, Larisa, 'Medea’s Russian Images on Stage and in Literature: The Politics and Poetics of Female Characters', in Anna Albrektson, and Fiona Macintosh (eds), Mapping Medea: Revolutions and Transfers 1750-1800 (Oxford , 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 21 Sept. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192884190.003.0003, accessed 5 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter introduces the vicissitudes of Medea in Russia, including the performance and translation of German and French versions as part of transnational court culture. Nikiforova additionally explores prose versions of the Medea story written for a broader audience as well as Russian folklore with obvious parallels to the Greek myth. The chapter highlights the significant ways in which the Colchian story was invoked by Catherine the Great herself. In the Russian context, it becomes apparent that current political events were scrutinized in the guise of classical myth, combined with indigenous legends, during a century dominated by a strong female rulers.
Larisa Nikiforova, Medea’s Russian Images on Stage and in Literature: The Politics and Poetics of Female Characters In: Mapping Medea: Revolutions and Transfers 1750–1800. Edited by: Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh, Oxford University Press. © Anna Albrektson and Fiona Macintosh 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192884190.003.0003
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