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Monstrous bodies/political monstrosities : in early modern Europe / edited by Laura Lunger Knoppers and Joan B. Landes.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Knoppers, Laura Lunger.
Landes, Joan B., 1946-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Monsters--Symbolic aspects.
History.
National characteristics, European.
Psychological aspects.
Europe--History--1492-1648--Psychological aspects.
Europe.
Europe--History--1648-1789--Psychological aspects.
National characteristics, European--History.
Monsters--Symbolic aspects--Europe--History.
Monsters.
Monsters in literature.
Physical Description:
xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Summary:
Traces how scientific explanations transferred images of monsters into the political realm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-292) and index.
ISBN:
0801441765
0801489016
OCLC:
53076173

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