Imagining Monsters
| Author | : Dennis Todd |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1995-11-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0226805565 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780226805566 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Imagining Monsters by : Dennis Todd
Download or read book Imagining Monsters written by Dennis Todd and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-11-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity.
