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Imagining Monsters - Miscreations of the Self in Eighteenth-Century England

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In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226805566
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 358
  • Utgitt:
  • 15. november 1995
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 231x154x28 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 554 g.
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In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity.

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