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Imagining Monsters : Miscreations of the Self in Eighteenth-Century England
Imagining Monsters Miscreations of the Self in EighteenthCentury England
Author: Dennis Todd
In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to seventeen rabbits. Deceiving respected physicians and citizens alike, she created a hoax that held England spellbound for months. In Imagining Monsters, Dennis Todd tells the story of this bizarre incident and shows how it illuminates eighteenth...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226805566
ISBN-10: 0226805565
Publication Date: 11/15/1995
Pages: 357
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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