Monstrous Imagination
| Author | : Marie-Hélène Huet |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 334 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674586514 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674586512 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (512 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Monstrous Imagination by : Marie-Hélène Huet
Download or read book Monstrous Imagination written by Marie-Hélène Huet and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What woeful maternal fancy produced such a monster? This was once the question asked when a deformed infant was born. From classical antiquity through to the Enlightenment, the monstrous child bore witness to the fearsome power of the mother's imagination. What such a notion meant and how it reappeared, transformed, in the Romantic period are the questions explored in this book, a study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny.