"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 f...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Florence : : Firenze University Press,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (404 pages) |
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| Other title: | «A Marvellous and Strange Event» «A Marvellous and Strange Event» |
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Luca Baratta. |