This is the first book-length study of early modern English approaches to Medea, the classical witch and infanticide who exercised a powerful sway over literary and cultural imagination in the period 1558-1688. It encompasses poetry, prose and drama, and translation, tragedy, comedy and political writing.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Medieval Medea 2. Translating Medea 3. Tragic Medea 4. Comic Medea 5. Political Medea Conclusion Bibliography Index