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oapen-20.500.12657-553372022-06-01T03:26:24Z «A Marvellous and Strange Event» BARATTA, LUCA bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFP Translation & interpretation bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism 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. 2022-05-31T10:27:01Z 2022-05-31T10:27:01Z 2016 book ONIX_20220531_9788864533452_621 2612-8020 9788864533452 9788864533445 9788892732520 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55337 ita Premio Tesi di Dottorato application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9788864533452.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788864533452 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6453-345-2 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. 10.36253/978-88-6453-345-2 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788864533452 9788864533445 9788892732520 54 404 Florence open access
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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.
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