Theatre of Sexual Attraction and Psychological Destruction

Download or read book Theatre of Sexual Attraction and Psychological Destruction written by Karl A.E. Enenkel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-20 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the myth of Hercules and Omphale/Iole which became an important topic in the visual arts, 1500–1800. It offers an analysis of the iconography from the perspective of the history of emotions, classical and Neo-Latin philology, reception and gender studies. The early modern inventions of the myth excel in a skilful display of mixed and compound emotions, such as the male character's psychopathology, and of the theatrical performance of emotions by the female character.