Empirical wonder
Subtitle: historicizing the fantastic, 1660-1760
By: Riccardo Capoferro.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9783034303262
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Supernatural in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historicizing the fantastic; title: The natural, the supernatural, and the problem of mediation; title: From empirical demonology to supernatural fiction; title: The rise of imaginary voyages.