Deformed discourse : the function of the monster in mediaeval thought and literature /
In Part I, David Williams traces the poetics of teratology, the study of monsters, to Christian neoplatonic theology and philosophy, particularly Pseudo-Dionysius's negative theology and his central idea that God cannot be known except by knowing what he is not. Williams argues that the princip...
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| Language: | English |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1996.
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| Series: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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