«A Marvellous and Strange Event»
Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna
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Abstract
In early modern England, the birth of a human being with congenital physical deformities was an event which aroused horror and fascination, disgust and morbid curiosity. In a time when modern science was taking its first steps, this kind of prodigy sometimes appeared as a sort of divine punishment for a moral fault, sometimes as a bizarre pastime, or political weapon, or a pre-medical investigation. By deepening such a multifaceted and constantly changing phenomenon, "A Marvellous and Strange Event" tries to build a complex analysis perspective on the English cultural and social history between the 16th and 18th century.
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-345-2ISBN
9788864533452, 9788864533445, 9788892732520, 9788864533452Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2016Series
Premio Tesi di Dottorato, 54Classification
linguistics
Translation & interpretation
Literature & literary studies
Literature: history & criticism