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Deformed discourse : the function of the monster in mediaeval thought and literature /

In Part I, David Williams traces the poetics of teratology, the study of monsters, to Christian neoplatonic theology and philosophy, particularly Pseudo-Dionysius's negative theology and his central idea that God cannot be known except by knowing what he is not. Williams argues that the princip...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, David (David Eliot), 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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