«A Marvellous and Strange Event»
Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna
Author(s)
BARATTA, LUCA
Language
ItalianAbstract
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.
ISBN
9788864533452, 9788864533445, 9788892732520Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2016Series
Premio Tesi di Dottorato,Classification
Linguistics
Translation and interpretation
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Literature: history and criticism