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Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning,' this title offers an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God.

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“A well-researched, engagingly written, rich, and enlightening study.”—Deanna Shemek, author of Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy
“This is a superlative and highly inventive piece of scholarship.”—Giuseppe F. Mazzotta, author of The New Map of the World: The Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Monstrous Matter
Chapter 2: Monstrous Machines
Chapter 3: Medicine and the Mechanical Body
Chapter 4: Vico’s Monstrous Body
Chapter 5: Monstrous Metaphor
Afterword
Notes
Works Consulted
Index

The Monster in the Machine

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 25 October 2000
      ISBN-13 9780822325369
      978-0822325369
      ISBN-10 0822325365
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 History of science Impact of science and technology on society

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning,' this title offers an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God.

      Trade Review
      “A well-researched, engagingly written, rich, and enlightening study.”—Deanna Shemek, author of Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy
      “This is a superlative and highly inventive piece of scholarship.”—Giuseppe F. Mazzotta, author of The New Map of the World: The Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations

      Foreword

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Chapter 1: Monstrous Matter
      Chapter 2: Monstrous Machines
      Chapter 3: Medicine and the Mechanical Body
      Chapter 4: Vico’s Monstrous Body
      Chapter 5: Monstrous Metaphor
      Afterword
      Notes
      Works Consulted
      Index

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