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            <forename>Luca</forename>
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        <p>In early modern England, the birth of a human being with congenital physical deformities was an event which aroused horror and fascination, disgust and morbid curiosity. In a time when modern science was taking its first steps, this kind of prodigy sometimes appeared as a sort of divine punishment for a moral fault, sometimes as a bizarre pastime, or political weapon, or a pre-medical investigation. By deepening such a multifaceted and constantly changing phenomenon, "A Marvellous and Strange Event" tries to build a complex analysis perspective on the English cultural and social history between the 16th and 18th century.</p>
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        <p>Nell’Inghilterra della prima età moderna, la nascita di un essere umano con deformità fisiche congenite era un evento che suscitava insieme orrore e fascinazione, raccapriccio e morbosa curiosità. In un’epoca in cui la scienza moderna muoveva i suoi primi passi, questo genere di prodigio assumeva di volta in volta le coloriture della punizione divina per una colpa morale, del passatempo bizzarro, dell’arma politica, dell’investigazione pre-medica. Attraverso la lettura di un fenomeno così sfaccettato e mutevole nel tempo, «A Marvellous and Strange Event» tenta di costruire una prospettiva d’analisi complessa sulla storia culturale e sociale inglese tra sedicesimo e diciottesimo secolo.</p>
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