01829nam a2200385 a 4500 EDZ0000038589 StDuBDS 20150804193937.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110826s2011 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191728662 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PQ239 840.9374 23 Williams, Wes. Monsters and their meanings in early modern culture [electronic resource] : mighty magic / by Wes Williams. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xv, 344 p.) : ill. Wes Williams explores the place of monsters in the early modern imagination, charting the migration of the monstrous from natural history to moral philosophy, from descriptions of creatures found in the external world to the drama of human motivation, of sexual and political identity. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. French literature 16th century History and criticism. French literature 17th century History and criticism. Monsters in literature. European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism. European literature 17th century History and criticism. Science Europe History 16th century. Science Europe History 17th century. Art, European 16th century Themes, motives. Art, European 17th century Themes, motives. Monsters in art. Print version 9780199577026 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577026.001.0001 37808 37808