«A Marvellous and Strange Event»
Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna
- Luca Baratta,
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: 10.36253/978-88-6453-345-2
- Series: Premio Tesi di Dottorato
- Scientific Board
- Language: Italian, English
- Subjects: Anglo-American Literature English Literature
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-5836-8962
- Publication Year: 2016
- Pages: 404
- eISBN: 978-88-6453-345-2
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2016 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2016
- Pages: 404
- ISBN: 978-88-6453-344-5
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2016 Author(s)
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Book Title
«A Marvellous and Strange Event»
Book Subtitle
Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna
Authors
Luca Baratta
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
404
Publication Year
2016
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© 2016 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-345-2
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978-88-6453-344-5
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978-88-6453-345-2
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978-88-9273-252-0
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020
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