The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment

The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment

by Julia V. Douthwaite (Author)

Synopsis

This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 328
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 15 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0226160564
ISBN 13: 9780226160566