"A Marvellous and Strange Event" : Racconti di nascite mostruose nell'Inghilterra della prima età moderna / / Luca Baratta

• Autore: Baratta Luca
• Pubblicazione: Florence : , : Firenze University Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 pages)
• Disciplina: 398.2
• Soggetto topico: Tales
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: «A Marvellous and Strange Event»; «A Marvellous and Strange Event»
• Titolo autorizzato: «A Marvellous and Strange Event»
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Record Nr.: 9910571760603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II