01905nam 2200409 450 991077485030332120230224105758.0(CKB)4100000011569333(NjHacI)994100000011569333(EXLCZ)99410000001156933320230224d2016 uy 0itaur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier«A Marvellous and Strange Event» Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna /Luca BarattaFlorence, Italy :Firenze University Press,2016.1 online resource (404 pages)88-6453-345-1 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.«A Marvellous and Strange Event» «A Marvellous and Strange Event» Social historyLiteratureHistory and criticismLinguisticsSocial history.LiteratureHistory and criticism.Linguistics.306.09Baratta Luca762511NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910774850303321«A Marvellous and Strange Event»3013698UNINA