Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Mediaeval Thought and Literature by David A. Williams

Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Mediaeval Thought and Literature

David A. Williams

408 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history dark medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Part I 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. Wil...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...