Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature - Rinaldo Fernando Canalis
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Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature is een boek van Rinaldo Fernando Canalis. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2021Uitgever: Brepols Publishers379 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503588700ISBN-13: 9782503588704Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Humanity has always shown a keen interest in the pathological, ranging from a morbid fascination with 'monsters' and deformities to a genuine compassion for the ill and suffering. Medieval and early modern people were no exception, expressing their emotional response to disease in both literary works and, to a somewhat lesser extent, in the plastic arts. Consequently, it becomes necessary to ask what motivated writers and artists to choose an illness or a disability and its physical and social cons...
