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Special Cases: Natural Anomalies and Historical Monsters

by Rosamond Wolff Purcell · 1997

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In this book Purcell reflects on tne concept of the monster as anatomical phenomenon and as it is represented through art and explores humanity's age old obsession with mythical and literal monstrosity in a way that is not for the faint hearted.

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adult
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short · 159 pages

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