«A Marvellous and Strange Event» Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna
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 f...
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| Format: | Electrònic Capítol de llibre |
| Idioma: | italià |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2016
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| Col·lecció: | Premio Tesi di Dottorato
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| Sumari: | 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. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 electronic resource (404 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6453-345-2 9788864533452 9788864533445 9788892732520 |
| Accés: | Open Access |