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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, David (David Eliot), 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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