Research Catalog

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Description

1. xv, 344 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Wes Williams explores the place of monsters in the early modern imagination, charting the migration of the monstrous from natural history to moral philosophy, from descriptions of creatures found in the external world to the drama of human motivation, of sexual and political identity.

Uniform title

1. University press scholarship online.

Subject

1. 1450-1699
2. French literature > 16th century > History and criticism
3. French literature > 17th century > History and criticism
4. Monsters in literature
5. European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism
6. European literature > 17th century > History and criticism
7. Science > Europe > History > 16th century
8. Science > Europe > History > 17th century
9. Art, European > 16th century > Themes, motives
10. Art, European > 17th century > Themes, motives
11. Monsters in art
12. Medicine in Literature > history
13. Sex > history
14. Politics > history

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History

Contents

1. Introduction: 'Mighty magic' -- Rabelais's monsters: Andromeda, natural history, and romance -- 'Monstrueuses guerres': Ronsard, mythology, and the writing of war -- Montaigne's children: metaphor, medicine, and the imagination -- Corneille's Andromeda: painting, medicine, and the politics of spectacle -- Pascal's monsters: angels, beasts, and human being -- Racine's children: the end of the line -- Epilogue: Between testimony and hearsay.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain