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Monstrous Imagination

About Monstrous Imagination

From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674586499
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 344
  • Published:
  • December 31, 1992
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x235x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 408 g.
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Expected delivery: December 20, 2024

Description of Monstrous Imagination

From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny.

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