Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination

Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780429878855
ISBN-13 : 0429878850
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Book Synopsis Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination by : Jana Byars

Download or read book Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination written by Jana Byars and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection explores the axis where monstrosity and borderlands meet to reflect the tensions, apprehensions, and excitement over the radical changes of the early modern era. The book investigates the monstrous as it acts in liminal spaces in the Renaissance and the era of Enlightenment. Zones of interaction include chronological change – from the early New World encounters through the seventeenth century – and cultural and scientific changes, in the margins between national boundaries, and also cultural and intellectual boundaries.


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