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- catalog abstract "As reports in the popular press often illustrate, the fascination with monstrous births is still with us. Whether as objects of salacious curiosity, medical study, or as signs and portents, monstrous births have been studied throughout history, yet comparatively little has been written to explore this peculiar interest. In Signs and Portents, Professor Wilson charts the changes in attitude to monstrous births from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Drawing on a wealth of printed sources throughout Europe, many of which are little known to scholars, he shows how 'monsters' were interpreted in the sixteenth century as mysterious visitations from God, auguring catastrophe and punishment, even at times involving demons and bewitchment. Through the Enlightenment these ideas gradually changed to include the natural philosopher's curiosity about the strange and wondrous, before monsters increasingly came to be seen as problems for medicine to understand. Lavishly illustrated with quotations from an abundance of pamphlets and books, as well as including many unfamiliar illustrations, Signs and Portents is the first full-length study of monstrous births for over half a century. It will be of interest not only to medical historians, but also to all those concerned with the cultural history of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.".
- catalog contributor b4037892.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "1. Definitions -- 2. The Renaissance: Broadside, Canard and Learned Volume -- 3. Curiosities and Collectors, Diarists and Memorialists of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 4. The Seventeenth Century Build-Up to the Learned Societies -- 5. The Emergence and Flowering of the Learned Societies -- 6. The Beginnings of Teratology and the Golden Age of Freaks, Phonies, Foreigners and Performers: The Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries.".
- catalog description "As reports in the popular press often illustrate, the fascination with monstrous births is still with us. Whether as objects of salacious curiosity, medical study, or as signs and portents, monstrous births have been studied throughout history, yet comparatively little has been written to explore this peculiar interest. In Signs and Portents, Professor Wilson charts the changes in attitude to monstrous births from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Drawing on a wealth of printed sources throughout Europe, many of which are little known to scholars, he shows how 'monsters' were interpreted in the sixteenth century as mysterious visitations from God, auguring catastrophe and punishment, even at times involving demons and bewitchment. Through the Enlightenment these ideas gradually changed to include the natural philosopher's curiosity about the strange and wondrous, before monsters increasingly came to be seen as problems for medicine to understand.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Lavishly illustrated with quotations from an abundance of pamphlets and books, as well as including many unfamiliar illustrations, Signs and Portents is the first full-length study of monstrous births for over half a century. It will be of interest not only to medical historians, but also to all those concerned with the cultural history of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.".
- catalog extent "ix, 215 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415032369".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "573/.8 20".
- catalog subject "Abnormalities, Human History.".
- catalog subject "Birth customs History.".
- catalog subject "Childbirth History.".
- catalog subject "Congenital Abnormalities History.".
- catalog subject "Culture.".
- catalog subject "GN482.1 .W55 1993".
- catalog subject "Labor, Obstetric.".
- catalog subject "WZ 308 W747s 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Definitions -- 2. The Renaissance: Broadside, Canard and Learned Volume -- 3. Curiosities and Collectors, Diarists and Memorialists of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 4. The Seventeenth Century Build-Up to the Learned Societies -- 5. The Emergence and Flowering of the Learned Societies -- 6. The Beginnings of Teratology and the Golden Age of Freaks, Phonies, Foreigners and Performers: The Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries.".
- catalog title "Signs and portents : monstrous births from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment / Dudley Wilson.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".