Monstrous imagination
By: Marie-Hélène Huet.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Mimesis in literature.; Abnormalities, Human, in literature.; Monsters in literature.; Imagination in literature.
Description: "From classical antiquity through the Enlightenment, the monstrous child bore witness to the fearsome power of the mother's imagination. What such a notion meant and how it reappeared, transformed, in the Romantic period are the questions explored in this book, a fascinating study of theories linking imagination, art, and monstrous progeny."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-307) and index.