Imagining monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England / Dennis Todd.
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Todd, Dennis, 1944- (författare)
- ISBN 0226805557
- Publicerad: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995
- Engelska xvii, 339 pages
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- Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Imagining monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England / Dennis Todd. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- 1. A New Whim Wham from Guildford -- 2. Doctors in Labor -- 3. Enthusiasm Delineated -- 4. We Beg Leave to Assure You That We Are, &c. -- 5. A Lump of Deformity -- 6. The Mighty Mother, and Her Son -- 7. What the Body Says -- Notes -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: English literature 18th century History and criticism, Self in literature, Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Knowledge Psychology, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 Knowledge Psychology, Impostors and imposture England History 18th century, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Literature Psychological aspects, Toft, Mary, 1703-1763 Influence, Mother and child in literature, Imagination in literature, Monsters in literature.
- 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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- Monster i konsten (sao)
- Monster i litteraturen (sao)
- Fantasi i litteraturen (sao)
- Self in literature. (LCSH)
- Identity (Psychology) in literature. (LCSH)
- Mother and child in literature. (LCSH)
- Imagination in literature. (LCSH)
- Monsters in literature. (LCSH)
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Impostors and imposture -- England -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)
- Literature -- Psychology. (LCSH)
- Literature. (MeSH)
- Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid. (MeSH)
- Identification, Psychological. (MeSH)
- Imagination. (MeSH)
- Self Concept. (MeSH)
- 18.05 English literature. (bcl)
- English literature. (fast)
- Identity (Psychology) in literature. (fast)
- Imagination in literature. (fast)
- Impostors and imposture. (fast)
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (fast)
- Monsters in literature. (fast)
- Mother and child in literature. (fast)
- Psychology. (fast)
- Self in literature. (fast)
- Ich-Identität (gnd)
- Volksglaube (gnd)
- Imagination (gnd)
- Ungeheuer (gnd)
- Literatur (gnd)
- Monsters. (gtt)
- Engels. (gtt)
- Letterkunde. (gtt)
- Literature -- Psychology. (fast)
- Monsters in literature (LCSH)
- Monsters in art (LCSH)
- Imagination in literature (LCSH)
- Storbritannien (sao)
- England. (fast)
- Englisch. (swd)
- 1700-talet (sao)
- 1700-1799 (fast)
Genre
- Criticism, interpretation, etc. (fast)
- History. (fast)
Personnamn
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763 -- Influence.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
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- PR448.S35 (LCC)
- 1998 E-980 (NLM)
- PR 448.S35 (NLM)
- 820.9/353 (DDC)
- 18.05 (bcl)
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