| The Monstrous World: Corporeal Discourses in Phlegon of Tralles' Mirabilia Contributor(s): Zagorski, Mariusz (Other), Doroszewska, Julia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631656262 ISBN-13: 9783631656266 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $55.84 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) - History - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 2015017509 |
| Series: Warsaw Studies in Classical Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.84 lbs) 189 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Revenants, oracular heads, hermaphrodites, sex-changers, human-animal children, multiple pregnancies, births, body features ... This is just a sample of subjects that Phlegon of Tralles explored in the 2nd century AD in his Mirabilia. This study identifies the common motifs of Phlegon's text and determines his criterion of selection: using the cultural category of monster, it argues that Phlegon exclusively collected stories of either hybrid creatures or human record-breakers with respect to scale, size and multiplicity of their corporeal features. In this light, the Mirabilia appear to be a book on monsters and the monstrous that corresponds with a general fondness for marvels and oddities during the Roman imperial period. |