Imagining monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England /

In 1726, an illiterate woman from Surrey named Mary Toft announced that she had given birth to 17 rabbits. This study recreates the story of this incident and shows how it illuminates 18th-century beliefs about the power of imagination and the problems of personal identity

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Main Authors:	Todd, Dennis, Todd, Dennis, 1944-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995 Chicago : c1995 Chicago : 1995
Subjects:	Toft, Mary, > 1703-1763 Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Knowledge and learning > Psychology Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Knowledge > Psychology Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 Swift, Jonathan Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Knowledge and learning > Psychology Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Knowledge > Psychology Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 Toft, Mary, > 1703-1763 > Influence Pope, Alexander Toft, Mary 1700 - 1799 1700-1799 18th century English literature > 18th century > History and criticism Identity (Psychology) in literature Imagination in literature Impostors and imposture > England > History > 18th century Literature > Psychology Monsters in literature Mother and child in literature Self in literature Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid Congenital Abnormalities Imagination Literature, Modern > English Self Concept English literature History Impostors and imposture Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Psychology Literature Identification, Psychological England Criticism, interpretation, etc

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