Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture, ca. 1350-1750 : : Real, Imagined, Metaphorical / / ed. by Felicia Else, Robin O'Bryan.
Not since Edward Wood’s Giants and Dwarfs published in 1868 has the subject been the focus of a scholarly study in English. Treating the topic afresh, this volume offers new insights into the vogue for giants and dwarfs that flourished in late-medieval and early modern Europe. From chapters dealing...
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