Writing Metamorphosis in the English Renaissance : 1550-1700 /
"Taking Ovid's Metamorphoses as its starting point, this book analyses fantastic creatures including werewolves, bear-children and dragons in English literature from the Reformation to the late seventeenth century. Susan Wiseman tracks the idea of transformation through classical, literary...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015. ©2014. |
| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: writing metamorphosis
- 1. Classical transformation: turning Metamorphoses
- 2. Sacred transformations: animal events
- 3. Transforming nature: strange fish and monsters
- 4. Metamorphosis and civility: werewolves in politics, print and parish
- 5. Transformation rewritten? Extreme nurture, wild children
- Coda: Descartes and the disciplines.