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The wild girl, natural man, and the monster : dangerous experiments in the Age of Enlightenment /
This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (ca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (captured in 1731 and baptized as Marie-Angélique Leblanc), offering a fascinating glimpse into beliefs about the difference between man and beast and the means once used to civilise the uncivilised. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226160573 0226160572 1280339551 9781280339554 0226160556 9780226160559 |